# ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97444`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97444`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.7 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 24 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 24 Sept 2026, 16:03 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: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 3a8c1efc0fd3abb2d2b1254315f36db03abc88eb` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before c917df56b73719a2d4cee1c4ab4a6626acb95315` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 4f03d84c95a51436878cd750a14f8ca37eeb3112` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 38ee32a9ace6fae8965f059b38e6e7fb27b1e7ce` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `2.6.12`
  - unaffected: `before 2.6.12` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.271 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.222 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.189 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.158 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.111 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 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

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

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0014, the 3rd percentile, on 12 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 24 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97444](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97444)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97444](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97444)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a8c1efc0fd3abb2d2b1254315f36db03abc88eb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c917df56b73719a2d4cee1c4ab4a6626acb95315>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f03d84c95a51436878cd750a14f8ca37eeb3112>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38ee32a9ace6fae8965f059b38e6e7fb27b1e7ce>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7>

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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- With the agentprime MCP server (<https://api.agentprime.io/mcp>), `get_advisory` returns this record and `search_advisories` finds related ones. Setup: <https://agentprime.io/mcp.md>
- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-97444>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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