CVE-2026-97423: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Validate partition index before array access construct_region() reads cxled->part and uses it to index cxlds->part[] without checking for a negative value. If the partition was never resolved, part remains at its initial value of -1, causing an out-of-bounds array access. Add a guard to return -EBUSY when part is negative. The check was dropped during a merge.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.15, before 6.18.53 (fixed in 6.18.53); from 6.19, before 7.2 (fixed in 7.2)

Published 2026-09-24. Last modified 2026-09-25.