CVE-2026-31786
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c The build id returned by HYPERVISOR_xen_version(XENVER_build_id) is neither NUL terminated nor a string. The first causes a buffer overflow as sprintf in buildid_show will read and copy till it finds a NUL. 00000000 f4 91 51 f4 dd 38 9e 9d 65 47 52 eb 10 71 db 50 |..Q..8..eGR..q.P| 00000010 b9 a8 01 42 6f 2e 32 |...Bo.2| 00000017 So use a memcpy instead of sprintf to have the correct value: 00000000 f4 91 51 f4 dd 00 9e 9d 65 47 52 eb 10 71 db 50 |..Q.....eGR..q.P| 00000010 b9 a8 01 42 |...B| 00000014 (the above have a hack to embed a zero inside and check it's returned correctly). This is XSA-485 / CVE-2026-31786
EPSS 0.01% · 0.5th percentile
Risk Scores
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 7.0.3, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 5.15.204 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 0, 0, 0 |
Timeline
- Apr 28, 2026 PoC Published
- Apr 29, 2026 CVE Published
- Apr 29, 2026 PoC Published
- Apr 30, 2026 PoC Published
- May 1, 2026 Security Advisory
- May 6, 2026 CVE Updated
- May 18, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 19, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 20, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 21, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 22, 2026 EPSS Score
- May 23, 2026 EPSS Score
References
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-484.html advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-489.html advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-485.html advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-486.html advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-487.html advisory
- https://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-483.html advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3af585e1728c917682b6a3de9a69b41fb9194d4 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8288d031a01dbacfde3fc643f7be3d23504de64d url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f458ba102da97fafca106327086fc95f3fc764cb url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b4defd2fce3f966c25adabf46644a85558f1169 url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c5ff7c7bd15bb536f44b10b3fb5b8408f344d0a url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f59216650c51e5e3fcb7517c825bc8047f60ef url
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52cecff98bda2c51eed1c6ce9d21c5d6268fb19d url
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/04/28/12 url
- http://xenbits.xen.org/xsa/advisory-485.html url
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00004.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00005.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00154.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2026/msg00148.html advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/05/msg00051.html advisory
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