Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80605

 

Integer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80605

Published: August 28, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU146275
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-2026-80605
CWE-ID: CWE-190
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

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

The vulnerability exists due to integer overflow in picolcd_send_and_wait() when processing crafted input to the HID device. A local user can trigger excessive loop iterations to cause a NULL pointer dereference and crash the kernel.


Affected software

Linux kernel

How to mitigate CVE-2026-80605

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3

External References

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