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Linux EUVDEUVD-2026-49030

| CVE-2026-64318 HIGH
2026-07-25 Linux GHSA-499p-p84w-r6w8
7.1
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.1 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
SUSE
HIGH
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

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

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 27, 2026 - 05:36 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 27, 2026 - 05:22 NVD
7.1 (HIGH)
Patch available
Jul 25, 2026 - 11:18 EUVD
CVE Published
Jul 25, 2026 - 08:49 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jul 25, 2026 - 08:49 cve.org
HIGH 7.1

DescriptionCVE.org

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

partitions: aix: bound the pp_count scan to the ppe array

aix_partition() reads the physical volume descriptor into a fixed-size struct pvd and then scans its physical-partition-extent array:

int numpps = be16_to_cpu(pvd->pp_count); ... for (i = 0; i < numpps; i += 1) { struct ppe *p = pvd->ppe + i; ... lp_ix = be16_to_cpu(p->lp_ix);

pvd points at a single kmalloc()'d struct pvd whose ppe[] member holds a fixed ARRAY_SIZE(pvd->ppe) (1016) entries, but the loop runs up to the on-disk pp_count. pp_count is an unvalidated __be16 read straight from the descriptor, so a crafted AIX image with pp_count larger than 1016 drives the loop to read pvd->ppe[i] past the end of the allocation (up to 65535 entries, ~2 MB out of bounds).

The partition scan runs without mounting anything, when a block device with a crafted AIX/IBM partition table appears (an attacker-supplied image attached with losetup -P, or a device auto-scanned by udev), via msdos_partition() -> aix_partition().

Clamp the scan to the number of entries the ppe[] array can hold.

AnalysisAI

We are tasked with synthesizing data from multiple sources about CVE-2026-64318 into a comprehensive analysis, returning a JSON object with specified fields. Let's carefully parse the provided information.

CVE-2026-64318: In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the AIX partition handling. The description: "aix_partition() reads the physical volume descriptor... pp_count is unvalidated, so a crafted AIX image with pp_count > 1016 drives an out-of-bounds read... bound the scan to array size."

From description:

  • Product: Linux kernel, specifically the partition handling for AIX disks (block/partitions/aix.c). So product_name: "Linux Kernel".
  • CVSS Score: 7.1, Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
  • CWE: N/A
  • EPSS: 0.22% (percentile 13%)
  • Patch: Available from vendor
  • Tags: Linux, IBM, Information Disclosure
  • KEV status: not mentioned (likely not KEV). POC? Not mentioned. So no active exploitation or public exploit identified from data.
  • CPE: cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (but note: Linux kernel is typically "o:linux:linux_kernel", but given as "a" application? The data says "cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*". We'll use it as is, but product_name Linux kernel is correct.)
  • Affected versions: We have a list of git commit ranges and patches. We can extract the fix versions: mention specific stable versions patched: 7.1.4, 6.18.39, 5.15.212, 5.10.261, 7.2-rc1, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, 6.1.178, and the initial commit from 3.11. So the vulnerability was introduced long ago (Linux 3.11) and fixed in multiple stable branches. The description mentions "Linux 6ceea22bbbc84fcf6bf0913bb3db8a657e9002f6 < ..." which is the commit that fixed it? Possibly the fix commit. The EUVD entries give commit ranges where the vulnerability exists. We'll synthesize: Affected: Linux kernel versions from 3.11 up to before the fix in the 5.10, 5.15, 6.1, 6.6, 6.12, 6.18, 7.1, 7.2 series. So we can say "Linux kernel versions prior to the patched releases: 5.10.261, 5.1

Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Important
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7 Affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0 Affected

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