CVE-2026-23131In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names The hp-bioscfg driver attempts to register kobjects with e…
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names The hp-bioscfg driver attempts to register kobjects with empty names when the HP BIOS returns attributes with empty name strings. This causes multiple kernel warnings: kobject: (00000000135fb5e6): attempted to be registered with empty name! WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 3336 at lib/kobject.c:219 kobject_add_internal+0x2eb/0x310 Add validation in hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute() to check if the attribute name is empty after parsing it from the WMI buffer. If empty, log a debug message and skip registration of that attribute, allowing the module to continue processing other valid attributes.
- CVSS
- 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Not given
- NVD analysis
- Analyzed
- Record last updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel | from 6.6 before 6.6.122; from 6.7 before 6.12.68; from 6.13 before 6.18.8; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; 6.19; and 1 more ranges | NVD |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29917c80aa96a25cbcf5876fd774a1cfd72b01a9patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6476be59b7162b891b7bddbd0c2924d87379ef6cpatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800b2767905d6b409b8bbe357121970f0b489a89patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdee1b09721605f532352628d0a24623e7062efbpatch
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