Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-93272
Published: September 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152125
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-93272
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause regulator initialization failures.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds access in the qcom_wcnss regulator initialization routine when initializing regulators after attaching power domains. A local user can trigger remoteproc regulator initialization to cause regulator initialization failures.
The issue affects pronto-v3 platforms that do not list power-domain regulators in the vregs array.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-93272
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3