# ACPICA: add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_field()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97454`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97454`
- **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 1d704a9ba665f8d1598fc6f37a76cbd6547cdcb1` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 6ecf2a4855a728c4c46e33919fea9480052d62a7` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 6509f56df51235fe447b624e40c098082717625c` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 7d97ecf2a4c7a77a9daa3fe76790ddecddc9cd0c` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before add715fc1ef5b0a71afe22b3f02aa28775d9ba62` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before bc5b2158c7626e3e8a78c5bb93ce0a734a26b84a` (git)
  - affected: `1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before e15aa60de0256d63df2331bf5a4bc4dd287504cd` (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-2026-97454](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97454)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97454](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97454)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d704a9ba665f8d1598fc6f37a76cbd6547cdcb1>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ecf2a4855a728c4c46e33919fea9480052d62a7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6509f56df51235fe447b624e40c098082717625c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d97ecf2a4c7a77a9daa3fe76790ddecddc9cd0c>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/add715fc1ef5b0a71afe22b3f02aa28775d9ba62>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc5b2158c7626e3e8a78c5bb93ce0a734a26b84a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e15aa60de0256d63df2331bf5a4bc4dd287504cd>

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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- Everything that needs attention now: <https://agentprime.io/advisories/critical.md>

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