CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53306

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.12%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's hvc_iucv driver, an off-by-one vulnerability was found in the number of supported devices. When the hvc_iucv_devices counter reaches 8, the code may access hvc_iucv_table[8], which is out of bounds (the array has 8 elements indexed 0-7).

Risk Assessment

The risk involves potential out-of-bounds memory access, which could lead to system instability, data corruption, or a kernel panic.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for the off-by-one error in the hvc_iucv driver. Monitor official security advisories from your Linux distribution.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: hvc_iucv: fix off-by-one in number of supported devices MAX_HVC_IUCV_LINES == HVC_ALLOC_TTY_ADAPTERS == 8. This is the number of entries in: static struct hvc_iucv_private *hvc_iucv_table[MAX_HVC_IUCV_LINES]; Sometimes hvc_iucv_table[] is limited by: (a) if (num > hvc_iucv_devices) // for error detection or (b) for (i = 0; i < hvc_iucv_devices; i++) // in 2 places (so these 2 don't agree; second one appears to be correct to me.) hvc_iucv_devices can be 0..8. This is a counter. (c) if (hvc_iucv_devices > MAX_HVC_IUCV_LINES) If hvc_iucv_devices == 8, (a) allows the code to access hvc_iucv_table[8]. Oops.

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