Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64236
Published: July 27, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to integer truncation in the i2c-davinci driver probe function when processing a device tree configuration with a missing clock-frequency property. A local attacker can provide a device tree configuration that triggers a division by zero to cause a denial of service.
The issue results in a deterministic kernel panic during probe while calculating clock dividers.
Affected software
Ubuntu
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64236
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16