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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-68187" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-08-10T11:59:59.303Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-19T16:30:56.724Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68187" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-68187.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68187" title: "exec: fix unsigned loop counter wrap in transfer_args_to_stack()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nexec: fix unsigned loop counter wrap in transfer_args_to_stack()\n\nThe stop value is derived from bprm-\u003ep \u003e\u003e PAGE_SHIFT. The index variable\nis an unsigned long. If bprm-\u003ep drops below PAGE_SIZE and stop becomes\nzero the loop condition index \u003e= stop is always true.\n\nAfter the index == 0 iteration the decrement wraps to ULONG_MAX and\nbprm-\u003epage[ULONG_MAX] reads sizeof(void *) bytes in front of the array.\nThe pointer has wrapped to -1. That garbage pointer is then passed to\nkmap_local_page() and PAGE_SIZE bytes are copied from wherever that\nlands into the stack of the process being created. And the loop doesn't\nterminate either...\n\nGetting there only requires bprm-\u003ep \u003c PAGE_SIZE. On !MMU\nbprm_set_stack_limit() and bprm_hit_stack_limit() are empty. So the only\nconstraint on how far bprm-\u003ep is pushed down is valid_arg_len(), i.e.\nthat each individual string still fits in what is left.\n\nbprm-\u003ep starts at PAGE_SIZE * MAX_ARG_PAGES - sizeof(void *) so a\nsingle argument or environment string of a little over 31 pages leaves\nit in the first page:\n\n Oops - load access fault [#1]\n CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: victim Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4 #1\n epc : __memcpy+0xd4/0xf8\n ra : transfer_args_to_stack+0xaa/0xae\n s4 : ffffffffffffffff s2 : 0000000000000000\n a1 : ffffffdc98000000 a2 : 0000000000001000\n status: 0000000a00001880 badaddr: ffffffdc98000000 cause: 0000000000000005\n [\u003c801a5324\u003e] __memcpy+0xd4/0xf8\n [\u003c800d5f6a\u003e] load_flat_binary+0x43a/0x65e\n [\u003c800a2de4\u003e] bprm_execve+0x1d4/0x316\n [\u003c800a351a\u003e] do_execveat_common+0x12e/0x138\n [\u003c800a3d44\u003e] __riscv_sys_execve+0x38/0x4e\n Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception in interrupt\n\nThis is an arcane bug but we should still fix it.\n\nCount down from MAX_ARG_PAGES so the loop ends when index reaches stop,\nstop == 0 included. The iterations performed are unchanged for every\nother value of stop.\n\nOnly CONFIG_MMU=n builds are affected, transfer_args_to_stack() is used\nby binfmt_flat and binfmt_elf_fdpic on nommu only.\n\nThe loop predates git history. commit 7e7ec6a93434\n(\"elf_fdpic_transfer_args_to_stack(): make it generic\") only moved it\nfrom binfmt_elf_fdpic.c into fs/exec.c and narrowed the copy to the used\npart of the first page. The condition and the decrement are unchanged\nfrom 2.6.12-rc2." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a9eb5c4949008034909bc34ecfa0843ecc1d0ab3"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"67cf5cdad823afb0530d6d0341fbf4ca07e93a09"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"66e20942890a383eb39b2009a2ceb4c2ebec37ef"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c62bb00caba66e01fb578d5f0302f247dc64930a"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dfc2a00742af4cb7251c1a8fbce4fbae3cc0de4e"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2bc6bf70d41055377f390d06f0f3521deb62fd3b"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"55fa2c7f2b15583d1a2fe1b5abcc24377359339f"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"16cc4f5c1c4b9e45eca7f7deefa5410a292db599"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.12","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.12"},{"version":"5.10.265","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.216","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.183","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.148","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.101","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.42","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.1.6","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.1.*"},{"version":"7.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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