In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

can: softing: fw_parse(): validate firmware record spans

fw_parse() reads a fixed record header, a firmware-provided payload,
and a trailing checksum without knowing the end of the firmware blob. A
truncated record can therefore make those reads exceed the blob.

The same record also supplies addresses and lengths for writes into
DPRAM. The generic loader uses wrap-prone mixed signed arithmetic for its
bounds check, while the application loader does not bound the staging
copy at all.

Pass the firmware end to the parser and validate the full source record.
Use a signed wide offset for generic DPRAM records and validate the
application staging span against the mapped DPRAM before copying.

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Fri, 28 Aug 2026 13:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-787

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 11:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-119
CWE-787

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: softing: fw_parse(): validate firmware record spans fw_parse() reads a fixed record header, a firmware-provided payload, and a trailing checksum without knowing the end of the firmware blob. A truncated record can therefore make those reads exceed the blob. The same record also supplies addresses and lengths for writes into DPRAM. The generic loader uses wrap-prone mixed signed arithmetic for its bounds check, while the application loader does not bound the staging copy at all. Pass the firmware end to the parser and validate the full source record. Use a signed wide offset for generic DPRAM records and validate the application staging span against the mapped DPRAM before copying.
Title can: softing: fw_parse(): validate firmware record spans
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-28T06:53:07.640Z

Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.787Z

Link: CVE-2026-80706

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-28T08:16:56.150

Modified: 2026-08-28T08:16:56.150

Link: CVE-2026-80706

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Updated: 2026-08-28T13:45:17Z

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