Summary
Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds memory write vulnerability which could allow a local user to gain privileged access or cause a denial of service on the system.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Aug 26, 2026
- Remediation due
- Aug 29, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- EPSS
- 8.9% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References