Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90170

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Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90170

Published: September 19, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU151314
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90170
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to read memory out of bounds.

The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read in the ksmbd ipc_validate_msg() function when processing undersized IPC responses supplied by the userspace ksmbd daemon. A local user can provide a short IPC response to read memory out of bounds.

The issue is reachable for KSMBD_EVENT_RPC_REQUEST messages.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
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-2026-90170

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1038.42
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
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

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