In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Reject zero-length property entries in validator tb_property_entry_valid() accepts entries with length == 0 for DIRECTORY, DATA, and TEXT types. A zero-length TEXT entry passes validation but causes an underflow in the null-termination logic: property->value.text[property->length * 4 - 1] = '\0'; When property->length is 0 this writes to offset -1 relative to the allocation. Reject zero-length entries early in the validator since they have no valid representation in the XDomain property protocol.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0ddac549ebd713eb9f4a15b6496e3440a17d8b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d6c9252a152e756768a26dbf216b9dd9dd8e92 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b6e68cb97f725385010264a873e14a3921b6b8a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581c2053ab4dbe27e83c9e62deb4c73aa8dc0c3a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56bc6bddffe8710ba0ba8844023b5a44ca90e4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d9dbad1463afb510d42c9714f846361d1b726d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca11e7da4fba4b394f69e16448f4463c44c84de6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff8eb65d1eafe7793e54b4d0cf6bf831644630b Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-15 02:20
Affected (CPE criteria) 8
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0ddac549ebd713eb9f4a15b6496e3440a17d8b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d6c9252a152e756768a26dbf216b9dd9dd8e92 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b6e68cb97f725385010264a873e14a3921b6b8a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581c2053ab4dbe27e83c9e62deb4c73aa8dc0c3a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56bc6bddffe8710ba0ba8844023b5a44ca90e4 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d9dbad1463afb510d42c9714f846361d1b726d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca11e7da4fba4b394f69e16448f4463c44c84de6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff8eb65d1eafe7793e54b4d0cf6bf831644630b Patch
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html