Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64000
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138652
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64000
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.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in supervision frame handling in net/hsr/hsr_forward.c when processing truncated supervision frames. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted frame to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64000
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09a37dca090c55ffb1a33f52d8667f1c2367ef48
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71c986c0ba45b7dc574fae27c83e7b6671556f37
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78607a6854a22a2502f68092202e75a39af4865d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b64f3e9c7b8259f7dd251a0313420ba7c01852
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f229426072fc865654a60978bb7fda790a051ff3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbd0662f9c9a66e8cc3df3099cca8ed6d3837cc7