Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.12,5.10.271)[5.11,5.15.222)[5.16,6.1.189)[6.2,6.6.158)[6.7,6.12.111)[6.13,6.18.53)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20824363
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed24 Sept 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 24 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-97451  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the acpi_ex_opcode_3A_1T_1R function. An attacker can cause kernel heap corruption and potentially achieve control-flow hijack by supplying crafted ACPI tables with manipulated Index and Length operands that trigger an integer overflow, leading to an out-of-bounds write during memory operations.

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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