Vulnerability in Linux
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 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.
EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions a34fc329b1895fc8a6eb12099adc47009421ba6a, 6.6, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.19
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-23131?
- CVE-2026-23131 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-02-14.
- How severe is CVE-2026-23131?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.