CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-7270

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

An operator precedence bug in the kernel results in a scenario where a buffer overflow allows attacker-controlled data to overwrite adjacent execve(2) argument buffers.

Risk Assessment

The bug may be exploitable by an unprivileged user to obtain superuser privileges, posing a serious security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the kernel to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and to monitor the system for potential exploitation attempts.

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Original NVD description (English source)

An operator precedence bug in the kernel results in a scenario where a buffer overflow causes attacker-controlled data to overwrite adjacent execve(2) argument buffers. The bug may be exploitable by an unprivileged user to obtain superuser privileges.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS