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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-53147

| EUVDEUVD-2026-39238 HIGH
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-06-25 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 GHSA-vrfr-cw9w-gwrx
Buffer Overflow Information Disclosure Linux Red Hat Suse
8.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Vendor (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67) PRIMARY
8.1 HIGH
AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI
8.1 HIGH

Adjacent Thunderbolt peer triggers OOB read with no auth or interaction (AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N); memory leak gives C:H and kernel crash gives A:H, with no integrity impact (I:N).

3.1 AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67).

CVSS VectorVendor: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jun 28, 2026 - 09:15 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jun 28, 2026 - 08:22 NVD
8.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Jun 25, 2026 - 10:32 EUVD
CVE Published
Jun 25, 2026 - 09:16 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jun 25, 2026 - 09:16 cve.org
HIGH 8.1

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thunderbolt: Validate XDomain request packet size before type cast

tb_xdp_handle_request() casts the received packet buffer to protocol-specific structs without verifying that the allocation is large enough for the target type. A peer can send a minimal XDomain packet that passes the generic header length check but is shorter than the struct accessed after the cast, causing out-of- bounds reads from the kmemdup allocation.

Plumb the packet length through xdomain_request_work and validate it against the expected struct size before each cast.

AnalysisAI

Out-of-bounds memory read in the Linux kernel's Thunderbolt (thunderbolt) XDomain driver allows an adjacent peer connected over a Thunderbolt link to leak kernel heap memory or crash the host. The flaw lives in tb_xdp_handle_request(), which casts a received XDomain packet to protocol-specific structs without confirming the kmemdup allocation is large enough, so a deliberately undersized packet that still passes the generic header-length check triggers reads past the buffer. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is low (0.18%), and it is not CISA KEV-listed.

Technical ContextAI

Thunderbolt's XDomain protocol enables peer-to-peer communication between two directly connected Thunderbolt hosts (host-to-host networking and service discovery). When one host receives an XDomain control request, tb_xdp_handle_request() in drivers/thunderbolt processes a buffer that was duplicated via kmemdup from the received frame. The generic XDomain header length is validated, but the code then casts that buffer to larger, message-type-specific structures (e.g. UUID/properties request structs) and dereferences fields beyond the validated header without re-checking that the allocation actually contains those bytes. The root cause is the classic CWE-125 (Out-of-Bounds Read) / improper validation of array/buffer size before a type cast; the kernel CWE field is reported as N/A in the input, so CWE-125 is inferred from the description rather than vendor-assigned. The fix plumbs the actual packet length through xdomain_request_work() and validates it against each expected struct size before the cast.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: update to a fixed Linux stable kernel - 6.1.176, 6.6.143, 6.12.94, 6.18.36, or 7.0.13 (or later in each branch), or mainline 7.1, per the kernel.org stable commits. Apply your distribution's corresponding kernel update once it ships the backport. Where immediate patching is not possible, the most effective compensating control is to limit Thunderbolt peer connectivity: disable the Thunderbolt/USB4 controller in firmware/BIOS if unused (eliminates the attack surface entirely but breaks Thunderbolt docks and external GPUs/displays), or set the kernel/IOMMU Thunderbolt security level to 'dponly' or 'secure'/'user' authorization so unknown XDomain peers cannot freely initiate sessions (this can block legitimate host-to-host networking and require manual device approval). Physically restricting access to Thunderbolt ports also reduces exposure given the adjacent attack vector. Verify fixes via the commit references at https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46da5c3ea011e884028a91cf913db093920a915b and the NVD record https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53147.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-3P Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-Basic Image SLES15-SP7-Azure-Standard Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-Azure Affected
Image SLES15-SP7-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Aliyun Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-GDC Image SLES15-SP7-CHOST-BYOS-SAP-CCloud Image SLES15-SP7-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-EC2-ECS-HVM Image SLES15-SP7-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Azure-3P Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP7-SAP-Hardened-GCE Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Fixed

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