Description
Numeric truncation of the buffer length in the MPU buffer authorization check in FreeRTOS-Kernel V11.3.0 and V11.3.1 on the Arm Cortex-R82 (Armv8-R AArch64) MPU port might allow, under certain conditions, an unprivileged task on MPU-enabled builds to read or write privileged kernel memory beyond the validated buffer window, via a stream buffer system call.



To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version V11.3.2 or later.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 9.3 Critical
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Description Numeric truncation of the buffer length in the MPU buffer authorization check in FreeRTOS-Kernel V11.3.0 and V11.3.1 on the Arm Cortex-R82 (Armv8-R AArch64) MPU port might allow, under certain conditions, an unprivileged task on MPU-enabled builds to read or write privileged kernel memory beyond the validated buffer window, via a stream buffer system call. To remediate this issue, users should upgrade to version V11.3.2 or later.
Title Numeric truncation in the MPU buffer authorization check in FreeRTOS-Kernel
First Time appeared Freertos
Freertos freertos-kernel
Weaknesses CWE-125
CWE-197
CWE-787
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:freertos:freertos-kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Freertos
Freertos freertos-kernel
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 9.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H'}


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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: AMZN

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T17:18:18.351Z

Reserved: 2026-10-12T20:09:14.577Z

Link: CVE-2026-109588

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