Linux Kernel up to 6.12.85/6.18.26/7.0.3 gb-beagleplay hdlc_tx_frames buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.85/6.18.26/7.0.3 and classified as critical. Impacted is the function hdlc_tx_frames of the component gb-beagleplay. Performing a manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-46041. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.12.85/6.18.26/7.0.3. This affects the function hdlc_tx_frames of the component gb-beagleplay. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: greybus: gb-beagleplay: fix sleep in atomic context in hdlc_tx_frames() hdlc_append() calls usleep_range() to wait for circular buffer space, but it is called with tx_producer_lock (a spinlock) held via hdlc_tx_frames() -> hdlc_append_tx_frame()/hdlc_append_tx_u8()/etc. Sleeping while holding a spinlock is illegal and can trigger "BUG: scheduling while atomic". Fix this by moving the buffer-space wait out of hdlc_append() and into hdlc_tx_frames(), before the spinlock is acquired. The new flow: 1. Pre-calculate the worst-case encoded frame length. 2. Wait (with sleep) outside the lock until enough space is available, kicking the TX consumer work to drain the buffer. 3. Acquire the spinlock, re-verify space, and write the entire frame atomically. This ensures that sleeping only happens without any lock held, and that frames are either fully enqueued or not written at all. This bug is found by CodeQL static analysis tool (interprocedural sleep-in-atomic query) and my code review.

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-46041 since 05/13/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/17/2026).

Upgrading to version 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4 or 7.1-rc1 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9f2b87bcdfed55145acbf932dc12f2c057145cad/b2801647c203a38e013802e9e9616b5bfac64968/51667fe2d9294d66e0228b9f51d1f01b6680a641/6b526dca0966f2370835765019a54319b78fca8d is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.12.0
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• 6.18.0
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• 6.18.26
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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