---
id: CVE-2026-97444
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places

  Add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_namestring() and
  acpi_ps_peek_opcode() to prevent out-of-bounds access.
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places

  Add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_namestring() and
  acpi_ps_peek_opcode() to prevent out-of-bounds access.
severity: high
cvss: 7.7
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H'
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228
  - >-
    Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <
    bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7
  - Linux < 6.12.111
  - Linux < 6.18.53
  - Linux (all versions)
published: '2026-09-24'
updated: '2026-09-25'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-25T13:17:28.133'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97444'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/253d7272d01db9529c79b95205c0f859ef9f4f23'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4de2cffef5e6b5b79eec8c934df582459b818228'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdc35754012906dbf094be104b103ca3adfef6f7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-24T16:47:15.877Z'
epss: 0.0014
epssPercentile: 0.02754
---

## Overview

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

ACPICA: add boundary checks in two places

Add boundary checks in acpi_ps_get_next_namestring() and
acpi_ps_peek_opcode() to prevent out-of-bounds access.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.