CVE-2026-93046: Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: software node: Fix software_node_get_reference_args() with index -1 The bounds check for the index passed to software_node_get_reference_args() was failing when passed UINT_MAX, this in turn would lead to an out of bound access in the property array. Fix the bound check to also cover the UINT_MAX case.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.10.239, before 5.10.270 (fixed in 5.10.270); from 5.15.186, before 5.15.221 (fixed in 5.15.221); from 6.1.142, before 6.1.188 (fixed in 6.1.188); from 6.6.95, before 6.6.157 (fixed in 6.6.157); from 6.12.35, before 6.12.110 (fixed in 6.12.110); from 6.15.4, before 6.16 (fixed in 6.16); …

Published 2026-09-17. Last modified 2026-09-18.