# platform/chrome: sensorhub: Bound the EC-reported sensor number

CVE record · `CVE-2026-81017`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-81017`
- **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: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 3a76b87e1d065183e2e7ae5b800cb1f6e84f543d` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 2b602ecf6193ecb9720c78b6728d7e09370b1ff1` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 324880f94ba3c6269a607e04f78a4dd4a66b3f53` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before d1b4add68dabfdd6481a4fa198bf3b473d2634d7` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 3d2636dce0a8fe9eecad29010699847be425dc80` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 5eaf7faa99578ae090030d1e2e6ea3b37a615496` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 4d9bf63ed74f859c6698bc01d8fb216ef9253867` (git)
  - affected: `145d59baff5944b71551ac518d7fd7d377a9c820 to before 833740a2333c2e4db4e02e3d0ffba04e8718a5f3` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.7`
  - unaffected: `before 5.7` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.270 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.221 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.188 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (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:** 0.0019, the 8th 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-2026-81017](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-81017)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-81017](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-81017)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a76b87e1d065183e2e7ae5b800cb1f6e84f543d>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b602ecf6193ecb9720c78b6728d7e09370b1ff1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/324880f94ba3c6269a607e04f78a4dd4a66b3f53>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b4add68dabfdd6481a4fa198bf3b473d2634d7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d2636dce0a8fe9eecad29010699847be425dc80>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eaf7faa99578ae090030d1e2e6ea3b37a615496>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d9bf63ed74f859c6698bc01d8fb216ef9253867>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/833740a2333c2e4db4e02e3d0ffba04e8718a5f3>

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.

## Check whether this affects you

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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-81017>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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