Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23059

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU122375

Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23059

Published: February 5, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU122375
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23059
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to memory corruption within the qla27xx_copy_multiple_pkt() and qla27xx_copy_fpin_pkt() functions in drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/qla_isr.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel-source
kernel-extra-modules
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-23059

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-142.0.0.124, 6.6.0-142.0.0.136, 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-142.0.0.137
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-116.116+fips1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-117.117, 6.8.0-117.117.1, 6.8.0-117.117.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1041.44, 6.8.0-1054.60, 6.8.0-1055.56, 6.8.0-1055.56~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1055.58+fips1, 6.8.0-1056.60, 6.8.0-1058.61, 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1, 6.8.0-2045.46, 6.8.1-1051.52, 6.8.1-1051.52~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1024.24
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1054.57, 6.8.0-1054.57.1
linux-nvidia-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1054.57~22.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1056.62
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.69-1
linux-azure-fde-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-gcp-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1, 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3, 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3+1
linux-azure-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
linux-oem-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1030.30
linux-nvidia-6.17 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.17.0-1031.31

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