Kernel memory disclosure via unchecked symlink length
Published Jul 25, 2026 · Updated Jul 25, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in Linux Kernel isofs allows local users to disclose adjacent kernel memory through a crafted ISO 9660 image. The Rock Ridge SL loops trust each component length without confirming that its header and text fit inside the record, then copy out-of-bounds bytes into readlink output. An active ordinary desktop user can mount the image through common UDisks2 policy; the same read can also cause a kernel oops or panic.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Linux Kernel isofs allows local users to disclose adjacent kernel memory through a crafted ISO 9660 image. The Rock Ridge SL loops trust each component length without confirming that its header and text fit inside the record, then copy out-of-bounds bytes into readlink output. An active ordinary desktop user can mount the image through common UDisks2 policy; the same read can also cause a kernel oops or panic.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64317
- Published
- Jul 25, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 25, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 25, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 25, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <1015e1c4b2fadd9c09704e24738e46598778c869
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <36fe7d25dbc40da0c6b1dd4513a4f69ac6164eee
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <5fa1d6a5ec2356d2107dead614437c66fa7138b1
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6bf41db09ef935d76fcc84ccf213b42c18de95ee
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <9830725078c8483c6831ec10222ae724806ea36b
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <a22cb6bb54dc167047ea9e70d97dfbc2c15649e3
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <b5699642640d6cff357638738c5293985cd5a53d
- Affected versionversion=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <b736b12108fd116c41777628f5a333791604df26
- Affected versionversion=2.6.12
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