Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31613
Published: April 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU127785
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31613
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to out-of-bounds read in the SMB client symlink response parser when parsing a crafted symlink error response from an untrusted server. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted SMB response to disclose sensitive information.
The exposed heap bytes are UTF-16-decoded into the symlink target and returned to userspace via readlink(2).
How to mitigate CVE-2026-31613
Install security update from vendor's repository.