Out-of-Bounds Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.34,5.10.253)[5.11,5.15.203)[5.16,6.1.167)[6.2,6.6.130)[6.7,6.12.78)[6.13,6.18.19)[6.19,6.19.9)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.54% (44th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20788969
  • published10 Oct 2026
  • disclosed8 May 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 May 2026

CVE-2026-43407  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.10.253, 5.15.203, 6.1.167, 6.6.130, 6.12.78, 6.18.19, 6.19.9 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds in the ceph_handle_auth_reply function. An attacker can cause the kernel to perform an out-of-bounds memory read by sending a crafted CEPH_MSG_AUTH_REPLY message with a manipulated payload_len field that triggers an integer overflow, resulting in pointer underflow and access to memory outside the intended buffer. This can lead to disclosure of sensitive kernel memory and denial of service by crashing the kernel worker processing the connection.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

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