CVE-2026-74399
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2026
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
evm: terminate and bound the evm_xattrs read buffer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: evm: terminate and bound the evm_xattrs read buffer evm_read_xattrs() allocates size + 1 bytes, fills them from the list of enabled xattrs, and then passes strlen(temp) to simple_read_from_buffer(). When no configured xattrs are enabled, the fill loop stores nothing and temp[0] remains uninitialized, so strlen() reads beyond initialized memory. Explicitly terminate the buffer after allocation, use snprintf() for each formatted line, and pass the accumulated length, without risk of truncation, to simple_read_from_buffer().
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | 8df81954d22a653a8b01d46692cd56f71137269b | Unavailable | None listed |
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | 0b9f8282b40af4a99d6243d2cb939d14ff36b049 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | a36cbfb85f26e6c6fb6529b1a364331b94dc88f3 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | 12ad52dc45a0c8c9d25e85b4a84201de4c5420ed | Unavailable | None listed |
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | a0f64cf8bfcb39e533d9e27aeb763a8d81b7f39d | Unavailable | None listed |
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | 38b7d63b23aa9d2ddde7688040e9426d32be4065 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fa516b66a1bfce1d72f1620c54bdfebc493000d1 | affected | git | 11143a19f5b8dc8f414deab87571134f9f447313 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.18 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.18 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.15.212 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.178 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.145 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.97 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.18.40 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.18.* | None listed |
| 7.1.5 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 7.1.* | None listed |
| 7.2 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |