CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-53336

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.11%

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel NVMEM onie-tlv driver, an infinite loop occurs when encountering an unknown entry type (e.g., 0x41), causing a system hang.

Risk Assessment

The organization may experience a system hang when reading EEPROM with vendor-specific entries, preventing normal operation.

Recommendation

Apply the patch that increments the offset for unknown entries so the loop can terminate.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmem: layouts: onie-tlv: fix hang on unknown types The EEPROM on my board has a vendor specific entry of type 0x41. When stumbling upon that, this driver hangs in an endless loop. Fix it by keep incrementing the offset on unknown entries, so the loop will eventually stop.

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