Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31768
Published: May 2, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128935
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31768
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper memory handling in the ti-adc161s626 SPI read path when performing spi_read() operations. A local user can trigger the vulnerable code path to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-31768
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/014c6d27878d3883f7bb065610768fd021de1a96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/67b3a91bdc48220bfb67155ab528121b9c822782
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/768461517a28d80fe81ea4d5d03a90cd184ea6ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3bb8faeca1a2ef7be95ee8a512b639f9ffce947
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2d031b0786ea66ab0577c9d2d71435068d32199
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa64aab25aba47296aa8d12bb4c88ec3fecb2054