High severity · published Mar 25, 2026
CVE-2026-23388
Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range
7.1
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range
Syzkaller reports a "general protection fault in squashfs_copy_data"
This is ultimately caused by a corrupted index look-up table, which
produces a negative metadata block offset.
This is subsequently passed to squashfs_copy_data (via
squashfs_read_metadata) where the negative offset causes an out of bounds
access.
The fix is to check that the offset is within range in
squashfs_read_metadata. This will trap this and other cases.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.1% · higher than 2% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.29.1 before 5.10.253; 5.11 before 5.15.203; 5.16 before 6.1.167; 6.2 before 6.6.130; 6.7 before 6.12.77; 6.13 before 6.18.17; +9 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 before 60f679f643f3f36a8571ea585e4ce5d93ef952b5; f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 before 3f68a9457a6190814377577374da75f872e0a013; f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 before 0c8ab092aec3ac4294940054772d30b511b16713; f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 before 6b847d65f5b0065e02080c61fad93d57d6686383; f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 before 9e9fa5ad37c9cbad73c165c7ff1e76e650825e7c; f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 before 01ee0bcc29864b78249308e8b35042b09bbf5fe3; +3 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-23388
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-23388
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01ee0bcc29864b78249308e8b35042b09bbf5fe3
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c8ab092aec3ac4294940054772d30b511b16713
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b9499e7d677dd4366239a292238489a804936b2
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f68a9457a6190814377577374da75f872e0a013
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f679f643f3f36a8571ea585e4ce5d93ef952b5
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b847d65f5b0065e02080c61fad93d57d6686383
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