Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23230

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU123063

Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-23230

Published: February 19, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU123063
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-23230
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the fs/smb/client/cached_dir.h. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-default
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-docs
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-extra
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-debug
kernel-default-base-rebuild
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure
kernel-tools
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-debugsource
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
bpftool
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Debian package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-23230

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_135-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_31-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1.21.35, 6.4.0-52.1.21.36, 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-docs - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-zfcpdump - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.135.1.150600.12.62.4
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-144.0.0.139, 6.6.0-145.0.0.128, 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.0.0.141
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.164-1, 6.12.73-1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-134.134, 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61+fips1, 6.8.0-1060.61, 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1060.63+fips1, 6.8.0-1063.69, 6.8.0-1063.69+fips1, 6.8.1-1055.56~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1055.56
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-134.134+fips1, 6.8.0-1062.69+fips1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1029.30
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1045.48, 6.8.0-1057.58~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61.1, 6.8.0-1058.64, 6.8.0-1060.61~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1060.63~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.69~22.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1060.64
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1063.71
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2049.50

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