Use of Uninitialized Variable in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-63965
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an uninitialized stack-based buffer in bmp580_trigger_handler() when processing sensor scan data for userspace. A local user can read exposed scan data to disclose sensitive information.
Two bytes of stack memory may be exposed to userspace per scan because 24-bit sensor data is copied into 32-bit fields, leaving the high byte of temperature and pressure values uninitialized.
Affected software
Ubuntu
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-63965
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Use of Uninitialized Variable in Linux kernel iio pressure driver
- Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure
- Ubuntu update for linux-aws
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
- Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
- Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux-oracle-7.0
- Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0