{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-23131", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-01-13T15:37:45.971Z", "datePublished": "2026-02-14T15:09:58.916Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:00:43.817Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T22:00:43.817Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names\n\nThe hp-bioscfg driver attempts to register kobjects with empty names when\nthe HP BIOS returns attributes with empty name strings. This causes\nmultiple kernel warnings:\n\n kobject: (00000000135fb5e6): attempted to be registered with empty name!\n WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 3336 at lib/kobject.c:219 kobject_add_internal+0x2eb/0x310\n\nAdd validation in hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute() to check if the\nattribute name is empty after parsing it from the WMI buffer. If empty,\nlog a debug message and skip registration of that attribute, allowing the\nmodule to continue processing other valid attributes." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a", "lessThan": "29917c80aa96a25cbcf5876fd774a1cfd72b01a9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a", "lessThan": "6476be59b7162b891b7bddbd0c2924d87379ef6c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a", "lessThan": "800b2767905d6b409b8bbe357121970f0b489a89", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a", "lessThan": "fdee1b09721605f532352628d0a24623e7062efb", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/platform/x86/hp/hp-bioscfg/bioscfg.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.6", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.6", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.122", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.68", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.8", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.122" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.68" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.8" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6", "versionEndExcluding": "6.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29917c80aa96a25cbcf5876fd774a1cfd72b01a9" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6476be59b7162b891b7bddbd0c2924d87379ef6c" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/800b2767905d6b409b8bbe357121970f0b489a89" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdee1b09721605f532352628d0a24623e7062efb" } ], "title": "platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }