CVE-2026-23062

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kernel panic in GET_INSTANCE_ID macro

The GET_INSTANCE_ID macro that caused a kernel panic when accessing sysfs

attributes:

1. Off-by-one error: The loop condition used '<=' instead of '<',

causing access beyond array bounds. Since array indices are 0-based

and go from 0 to instances_count-1, the loop should use '<'.

2. Missing NULL check: The code dereferenced attr_name_kobj->name

without checking if attr_name_kobj was NULL, causing a null pointer

dereference in min_length_show() and other attribute show functions.

The panic occurred when fwupd tried to read BIOS configuration attributes:

Oops: general protection fault [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI

KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007]

RIP: 0010:min_length_show+0xcf/0x1d0 [hp_bioscfg]

Add a NULL check for attr_name_kobj before dereferencing and corrects

the loop boundary to match the patter

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

References