Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-52967
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135404
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-52967
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 cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in symlink_data() in fs/smb/client/smb2file.c when parsing SMB error context data for symlink responses. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted SMB response to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information.
On 32-bit architectures, malformed ErrorDataLength values can also trigger an infinite loop.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-52967
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b9331b16b0ed9414dcf7583d8134bdfeb117aae
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cfa2d59f669db28d6292d10ff87ca6837c781b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d9a7f1f96cd617ee9e75bb22217c709038e26b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97a05b0ae9ea5ec052be2eef0f9cc7ce03501bbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b41598bf54b3fe528994e573df6008f8f4d0a4f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd4b9b662f0fb9aa97ee6bf9034eca76fc6cab23