Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53138

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135642

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 5.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53138

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows an attacker with physical access to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read and unbounded iteration in amd display bios_parser.c and bios_parser2.c record-chain walk loops when parsing a malformed VBIOS image during probe time. An attacker with physical access can provide a crafted VBIOS image missing the terminator record to cause a denial of service or disclose sensitive information.

The issue is triggered when the VBIOS record chain lacks the 0xFF terminator record or uses a zero-sized termination condition incorrectly.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Micro
SUSE Linux Micro Extras
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Anolis OS
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-obs-build
kernel-default-devel
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-syms
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-source
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-docs
python3-perf
kernel
perf
kernel-tools-libs-devel
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug
bpftool
kernel-headers
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_18-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-49.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-49.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-49.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-49.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.4.0-49.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1.150700.17.39.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.2
python3-perf - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel - update to 6.6.102-7
perf - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-tools-libs - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-debug - update to 6.6.102-7
bpftool - update to 6.6.102-7
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.102-7
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-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-oracle-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-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e56f460bddb397fa9a8e6faf7ae7eaa86953eb1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2645e3caf7e013189da9c6ff621d006cca5a538b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6173cfea2f916e01c4f98e29cd654384a05e32a3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff287df16a1a58aca78b08d1f3ee09fc44da0351

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel dc bios driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• Anolis OS update for kernel:6.6
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-oracle-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0