CVE-2026-23354

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array_index_nospec() must be used in\nthe expression that accesses the array.\n\nAs the code currently stands, it's the wrong side of irqentry_enter(), and\n'index' is put into %ebp across the function call.\n\nRemove the index variable and reposition array_index_nospec(), so it's\ncalculated immediately before the array access."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\nx86/fred: Corregir la seguridad especulativa en fred_extint()\n\narray_index_nospec() no sirve de nada si el resultado se vuelca a la pila, ya que hace que el valor considerado seguro bajo especulaci\u00f3n est\u00e9 sujeto a predicciones de memoria.\n\nPara todos los prop\u00f3sitos pr\u00e1cticos, esto significa que array_index_nospec() debe usarse en la expresi\u00f3n que accede al array.\n\nTal como est\u00e1 el c\u00f3digo actualmente, est\u00e1 en el lado incorrecto de irqentry_enter(), y 'index' se coloca en %ebp a trav\u00e9s de la llamada a la 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