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CVE-2026-23131
published 2026-02-14

CVE-2026-23131: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names The hp-bioscfg…

PriorityP420medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.11%
1.7th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: hp-bioscfg: Fix kobject warnings for empty attribute names The hp-bioscfg driver attempts to register kobjects with empty names when the HP BIOS returns attributes with empty name strings. This causes multiple kernel warnings: kobject: (00000000135fb5e6): attempted to be registered with empty name! WARNING: CPU: 14 PID: 3336 at lib/kobject.c:219 kobject_add_internal+0x2eb/0x310 Add validation in hp_init_bios_buffer_attribute() to check if the attribute name is empty after parsing it from the WMI buffer. If empty, log a debug message and skip registration of that attribute, allowing the module to continue processing other valid attributes.

Affected

42 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)linux 6.18.8-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a < 29917c80aa96a25cbcf5876fd774a1cfd72b01a929917c80aa96a25cbcf5876fd774a1cfd72b01a9
linuxlinux>= a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a < 6476be59b7162b891b7bddbd0c2924d87379ef6c6476be59b7162b891b7bddbd0c2924d87379ef6c
linuxlinux>= a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a < 800b2767905d6b409b8bbe357121970f0b489a89800b2767905d6b409b8bbe357121970f0b489a89
linuxlinux>= a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a < fdee1b09721605f532352628d0a24623e7062efbfdee1b09721605f532352628d0a24623e7062efb
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.69-16.12.69-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.18.8-16.18.8-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.18.86.18.8
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.6 < 6.6.1226.6.122
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.686.12.68
ubuntulinux
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-aws-fips
ubuntulinux-azure
ubuntulinux-azure-6.17
ubuntulinux-azure-6.8
ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.17
ubuntulinux-azure-fips
ubuntulinux-fips
ubuntulinux-gcp
ubuntulinux-gcp-6.17
ubuntulinux-gcp-fips
ubuntulinux-gke

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_debian5.5LOW
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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