High 8.4Published Sep 24, 2026

CVE-2026-97450ACPICA: validate handler object type in two places

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 11:00 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: validate handler object type in two places ACPICA: validate handler object type in acpi_ev_has_default_handler() and acpi_ev_find_region_handler().

CVSS: 8.4 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Received
Record last updated: Oct 3, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 7af2da201623ab5bc0773bd3eeb2f2345cfa1c4a; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 9d9fbf6b895a23238e4a7b1a3230f648f0d952a1; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before e98825650c2eb1605c707fd1391ceed65bb8e481; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 254e304f68dc079906ce2df4723548ffe35f682a; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before bfd981d35ed3156414fd35b4fe311d5d25cbfca6; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 4c977d57a784682dc8c6cce2f9253ef44ec28ae8; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before c5296da2d516707862f8a2dbb4b515f777e5294f	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7af2da201623ab5bc0773bd3eeb2f2345cfa1c4a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9fbf6b895a23238e4a7b1a3230f648f0d952a1
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e98825650c2eb1605c707fd1391ceed65bb8e481
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/254e304f68dc079906ce2df4723548ffe35f682a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfd981d35ed3156414fd35b4fe311d5d25cbfca6
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c977d57a784682dc8c6cce2f9253ef44ec28ae8
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5296da2d516707862f8a2dbb4b515f777e5294f

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