Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.12,6.12.86)[6.13,6.18.27)[6.19,7.0.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20789984
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed9 Jun 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 9 Jun 2026

CVE-2026-46332  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.12.86, 6.18.27, 7.0.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the cc1352_bootloader_rx function. An attacker can achieve arbitrary code execution, kernel memory disclosure, or denial of service by sending specially crafted serial data to the bootloader during firmware flashing mode, causing a heap out-of-bounds write in the receive buffer. This is only exploitable if the system is in firmware flashing mode and the attacker has control over the CC1352 co-processor's bootloader responses.

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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