Memory corruption in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97449
Published: September 24, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152017
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97449
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform an out-of-bounds access.
The vulnerability exists due to improper restriction of operations within bounds in ACPICA parser functions when parsing package data with invalid package limits. A local user can trigger parsing of package data with invalid package limits to perform an out-of-bounds access.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-97449
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3