Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-89776
Published: September 17, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose kernel memory.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in the VXLAN VNI filter entry policy when processing short GROUP or GROUP6 netlink attributes. A remote attacker can submit specially crafted netlink attributes to disclose kernel memory.
The over-read bytes are stored in remote_ip and returned through RTM_GETTUNNEL.
Affected software
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-89776
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.111-1
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47bfcc871576eaef6c8edab6749acd4b317306ea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/984f831dda31b3a18f47454cf64989f65402879e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9ec10815199f9879ba080241dc555efb1daf324
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad32e564c62ebf5ba76dd60a22af52c69d54d17b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/daebc7064a1b4c12c98e52c4bceede7f2fcd573c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e12c4663529699f457b2988c1dfedf4d13b3b3be