Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68343

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Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-68343

Published: August 12, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU141714
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-68343
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause an out-of-bounds read.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in parse_dfs_referrals() in the SMB client DFS referral parser when processing a malformed DFS referral response with an oversized PathConsumed value. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted DFS referral response to cause an out-of-bounds read.

The issue occurs when PathConsumed is larger than the search name length used for later DFS path parsing.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
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
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time for NFV
Anolis OS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package)
linux-gke (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource
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-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-man
kernel-devel
kernel-default
kernel-source
kernel-default-kgraft
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
kernel-syms
kernel-default-base
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-macros
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-rt (Red Hat package)
bpftool
kernel
kernel-core
kernel-cross-headers
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-core
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-modules
kernel-debug-modules-extra
kernel-headers
kernel-modules
kernel-modules-extra
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-libs
kernel-tools-libs-devel
perf
python3-perf
kernel-abi-stablelists
kernel-doc
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-obs-build
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-docs
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-68343

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-147.147, 7.0.0-38.38, 7.0.0-38.38.1, 7.0.0-1008.9, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.68
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.67
linux-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1062.63
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-147.147+fips1
linux-gkeop (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1052.56
linux-gke (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1066.74
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.70+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1071.79+fips1
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_333-default - update to 1-8.3.3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_75-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_20-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
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-devel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-man - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-source - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-kgraft-devel - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base-debuginfo - update to 4.12.14-122.333.2
kernel-syms - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-base - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1.21.35, 6.4.0-52.1.21.36, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1.150700.17.45.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-devel - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
gfs2-kmp-default - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-macros - addressed in versions 4.12.14-122.333.2, 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-553.160.1.el8_10
kernel-rt (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-553.160.1.rt7.501.el8_10
kernel-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
bpftool - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-core - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-cross-headers - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-debug - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-debug-core - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-debug-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-debug-modules - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-debug-modules-extra - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-headers - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-modules - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-modules-extra - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-tools - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-tools-libs - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-tools-libs-devel - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
perf - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
python3-perf - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-abi-stablelists - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-doc - update to 4.18.0-553.172.1.0.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-64kb - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-obs-build - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-devel-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-source-rt - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-52.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-devel - addressed in versions 6.4.0-52.1, 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.75.1
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-docs - 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-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - 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-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1017.17

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