# platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: fix off-by-one write in hp_get_string_from_buffer()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-81012`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-81012`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 8.4 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 11 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 11 Sept 2026, 19:43 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a to before 8f5aa1506cdddea6b33584c2445b9ce99eeddb64` (git)
  - affected: `a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a to before 3cc772d0154799961f032e5a992d4a50523e291a` (git)
  - affected: `a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a to before b15b334fbc3c0c46440f8a892ebf62164fca23d6` (git)
  - affected: `a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a to before ddf98cf33529714b3ba1a158afb1db5b0f759a1a` (git)
  - affected: `a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a to before dc03f05e419f3460342fb7564884f244622634b6` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.6`
  - unaffected: `before 6.6` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.157 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.109 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.50 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.4 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 8.4 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0014, the 3rd percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 11 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-81012](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81012)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-81012](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81012)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f5aa1506cdddea6b33584c2445b9ce99eeddb64>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cc772d0154799961f032e5a992d4a50523e291a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15b334fbc3c0c46440f8a892ebf62164fca23d6>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddf98cf33529714b3ba1a158afb1db5b0f759a1a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc03f05e419f3460342fb7564884f244622634b6>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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