Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-46001
Published: May 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU132494
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-46001
CWE-ID: CWE-703
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 attacker to cause incorrect processing of stale or incomplete data.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling in pt5161l_read_block_data() when handling block data reads with an unexpected length. A local attacker can cause a device to repeatedly return data with an unexpected length so the function returns a positive value and callers process stale or incomplete data.
The issue occurs when all three retries are exhausted and a positive byte count is returned instead of an error.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-46001
Install security update from vendor's repository.