Medium severity · published Jun 25, 2026
CVE-2026-53150
thunderbolt: Reject zero-length property entries in validator
5.5
CVSS
0.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
thunderbolt: Reject zero-length property entries in validator
tb_property_entry_valid() accepts entries with length == 0 for
DIRECTORY, DATA, and TEXT types. A zero-length TEXT entry passes
validation but causes an underflow in the null-termination logic:
property->value.text[property->length * 4 - 1] = '\0';
When property->length is 0 this writes to offset -1 relative to
the allocation.
Reject zero-length entries early in the validator since they have no
valid representation in the XDomain property protocol.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
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
4.15 before 5.10.259; 5.11 before 5.15.210; 5.16 before 6.1.176; 6.2 before 6.6.143; 6.7 before 6.12.94; 6.13 before 6.18.36; +8 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
cdae7c07e3e3509eaabc18c1640a55dc5b99c179 before 581c2053ab4dbe27e83c9e62deb4c73aa8dc0c3a; cdae7c07e3e3509eaabc18c1640a55dc5b99c179 before 35d6c9252a152e756768a26dbf216b9dd9dd8e92; cdae7c07e3e3509eaabc18c1640a55dc5b99c179 before 99d9dbad1463afb510d42c9714f846361d1b726d; cdae7c07e3e3509eaabc18c1640a55dc5b99c179 before 5f56bc6bddffe8710ba0ba8844023b5a44ca90e4; cdae7c07e3e3509eaabc18c1640a55dc5b99c179 before ca11e7da4fba4b394f69e16448f4463c44c84de6; cdae7c07e3e3509eaabc18c1640a55dc5b99c179 before 2e0ddac549ebd713eb9f4a15b6496e3440a17d8b; +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-2026-53150
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53150
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0ddac549ebd713eb9f4a15b6496e3440a17d8b
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d6c9252a152e756768a26dbf216b9dd9dd8e92
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b6e68cb97f725385010264a873e14a3921b6b8a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581c2053ab4dbe27e83c9e62deb4c73aa8dc0c3a
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56bc6bddffe8710ba0ba8844023b5a44ca90e4
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d9dbad1463afb510d42c9714f846361d1b726d
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