Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53238

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135528

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-2026-53238

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in netlbl_unlabel_addrinfo_get() when handling crafted Generic Netlink requests with a shorter unlabeled address mask attribute. A local user can send a specially crafted Generic Netlink request to cause a denial of service.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openEuler
Ubuntu
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-default-man
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-syms
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default
bpftool
kernel
python3-perf
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-64kb
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_328-default - update to 1-8.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_81-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_21-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.328.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.328.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
bpftool - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-323.0.0.224, 6.6.0-145.1.20.157
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-31.31, 7.0.0-31.31.1, 7.0.0-31.31~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1006.7, 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1012.12, 7.0.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1011.11, 7.0.0-1014.14
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18
linux-nvidia-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1018.18~24.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1019.19
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2018.18

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07a18f5c90dd3d586b73242f5a5bbf0a72f2fdc6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4bb32ad7fdc2dc6a8050f41eb04d4bda56b6c8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/672f0f3b8f875ffe6525a37847eafa7648c4c0c6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71c52da13c3737493b42d20d9f33de34e03b3156
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95bda3eac0b1454c2cee98d58d9ba6dd8391e843
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/975a84fd741440853380d37465b6e226cf47254c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9772589b57e44aedc240211c5c3f7a684a034d3a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccfe292a966079c61ea68a2da303b2a336170993

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel netlabel
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP4 update for kernel
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP1 update for kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-oracle-7.0
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-raspi
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-7.0