{
  "schema_version": "1.6.1",
  "id": "RPI-CVE-2026-31786",
  "modified": "2026-10-09T11:39:44Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-31786"
  ],
  "published": "2026-04-30T10:31:42Z",
  "summary": "Buffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nBuffer overflow in drivers/xen/sys-hypervisor.c\n\nThe build id returned by HYPERVISOR_xen_version(XENVER_build_id) is\nneither NUL terminated nor a string.\n\nThe first causes a buffer overflow as sprintf in buildid_show will\nread and copy till it finds a NUL.\n\n00000000  f4 91 51 f4 dd 38 9e 9d  65 47 52 eb 10 71 db 50  |..Q..8..eGR..q.P|\n00000010  b9 a8 01 42 6f 2e 32                              |...Bo.2|\n00000017\n\nSo use a memcpy instead of sprintf to have the correct value:\n\n00000000  f4 91 51 f4 dd 00 9e 9d  65 47 52 eb 10 71 db 50  |..Q.....eGR..q.P|\n00000010  b9 a8 01 42                                       |...B|\n00000014\n\n(the above have a hack to embed a zero inside and check it's\nreturned correctly).\n\nThis is XSA-485 / CVE-2026-31786",
  "severity": [
    {
      "type": "CVSS_V3",
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
      "versions": [
        "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
      ],
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-2712",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v6",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v7l",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "linux-image-6.1.0-rpi3-rpi-v8",
            "binary_version": "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4"
          }
        ]
      },
      "database_specific": {
        "per_version": {
          "1:6.1.47-1+rpt4": {
            "linux_commit": "655fc658a15ae7a6f37103754adb39ba52a9a14e",
            "upstream_version": "6.1.47",
            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
            "upstream_fixed": "6.1.170",
            "compiled_filter": false
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31786"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3af585e1728c917682b6a3de9a69b41fb9194d4"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8288d031a01dbacfde3fc643f7be3d23504de64d"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f458ba102da97fafca106327086fc95f3fc764cb"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b4defd2fce3f966c25adabf46644a85558f1169"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c5ff7c7bd15bb536f44b10b3fb5b8408f344d0a"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5f59216650c51e5e3fcb7517c825bc8047f60ef"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52cecff98bda2c51eed1c6ce9d21c5d6268fb19d"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27fdbab4221b375de54bf91919798d88520c6e28"
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-08-05T13:16:28Z",
    "severity": {
      "source": "kernel CNA",
      "cvss_v3_score": 7.8,
      "cvss_v3_severity": "High",
      "scenario": "AV:L - The vulnerable buildid_show path is reached by a local read of /sys/hypervisor/properties/buildid inside a Linux Xen domain. It is not reachable directly from network packets or adjacent/physical interfaces.\nAC:L - Triggering the bug only requires reading a sysfs file, with no race or special timing. Any uncertainty about heap layout affects exploitation details, so the higher-severity low complexity is appropriate.\nPR:L - The sysfs attribute is read-only mode 0444, so any unprivileged local user in the Xen guest can access it. No capability, authentication, or real-root check gates the read path.\nUI:N - No victim action is required beyond the attacker performing the sysfs read. The vulnerable code runs synchronously in the attacker's read path.\nS:U - The impact is within the Linux Xen guest kernel security authority. This is not a Xen guest-to-host escape or cross-VM boundary violation.\nC:H - The bug performs an out-of-bounds read past the hypervisor build ID and can return adjacent kernel memory through a user-readable sysfs file. The Xen advisory states kernel secrets may be leaked.\nI:H - If no NUL byte is encountered before the PAGE_SIZE sysfs buffer is exceeded, sprintf can write past the sysfs buffer and corrupt kernel memory. The advisory identifies privilege escalation as possible, so high integrity impact is defensible.\nA:H - The out-of-bounds read/write can corrupt kernel memory and crash the guest kernel. The advisory explicitly lists DoS as a possible impact."
    }
  }
}