# ACPICA: Enhance buffer validation in acpi_ut_walk_aml_resources()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97445`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97445`
- **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, 16:04 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 816badec122fe01d05265f2d306212739f5d3fdb` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before cd60a407a3a6d75347a04f9271b7b561d06d21c8` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 37c794f87a72471f7ef71633ac0550ad14ac0885` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 50a11e2f3dc8a7189e7ebbd3eeafa51f16128a56` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before f65e2ef7ccca11dc874f48aff996a6a26528f8e7` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before d0fb1973f705c8b8bd7e118e4a9a65d05d800fba` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before b2e21fe8c3361c3d0d57ee56d359bea9b51fda3d` (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:** 0.0016, the 4th 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-2026-97445](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97445)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97445](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97445)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/816badec122fe01d05265f2d306212739f5d3fdb>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd60a407a3a6d75347a04f9271b7b561d06d21c8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37c794f87a72471f7ef71633ac0550ad14ac0885>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50a11e2f3dc8a7189e7ebbd3eeafa51f16128a56>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f65e2ef7ccca11dc874f48aff996a6a26528f8e7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0fb1973f705c8b8bd7e118e4a9a65d05d800fba>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2e21fe8c3361c3d0d57ee56d359bea9b51fda3d>

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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- As JSON: <https://api.agentprime.io/v1/advisories/CVE-2026-97445>
- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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