CVE-2026-89726 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LINUX612-20506627
  • published5 Oct 2026
  • disclosed11 Sept 2026

Introduced: 11 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-89726  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

lib/ucs2_string.c: fix out-of-bounds read in ucs2_strnlen()

Patch series "lib/ucs2_string.c: fix out-of-bounds read in ucs2_strnlen()", v2.

This series fixes an off-by-one out-of-bounds read in ucs2_strnlen().

The first patch is the real fix, the second patch comes as a bonus and fixes the code indentation.

This patch (of 2):

ucs2_strnlen() checks the current character before checking whether the caller-provided maximum length has been reached. If the input is not NUL-terminated within that bound, the loop can read one ucs2_char_t past the limit.

Test the length before dereferencing to prevent an off-by-one out-of-bounds read.

CVSS Base Scores

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