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High 7.0Published Sep 17, 2026

CVE-2026-93046software node: Fix software_node_get_reference_args() with index -1

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
7.0 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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
Linux
NVD analysis
Received
Record last updated
Sep 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
142acd739eb6f08c148a96ae8309256f1422ff4b builds before 6cde06887487b4febd14658c9a246616abcc0097; from 56ce76e8d406cc72b89aee7931df5cf3f18db49d before 0631384eadebc66d92d2dd72d57a0263c3877bee; from 9324127b07dde8529222dc19233aa57ec810856c before b2fa4e8c7e4a33e02e6aaa8f6df72f84cf4aed75; from f9397cf7bfb680799fb8c7f717c8f756384c3280 before 4ebf96d5f834aba7f6d0397db4c421f6078171b9; from 4b3383110b6df48e0ba5936af2cb68d5eb6bd43b before 849076df15129e47dd8db751fa18489419ffea56; from 31e4e12e0e9609850cefd4b2e1adf782f56337d6 before df5466412b362db7adfa78e3e092fe07ac6769a4; from 31e4e12e0e9609850cefd4b2e1adf782f56337d6 before 231bbc04c58f115a505bf3b668ec69ef40a1773b; from 31e4e12e0e9609850cefd4b2e1adf782f56337d6 before ba3dedcf3bd47017307595a7e54924198f018246; and 7 more ranges
CNA record

References

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