CVE-2026-23474

EUVD-2026-18749
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mtd: Avoid boot crash in RedBoot partition table parser

Given CONFIG_FORTIFY_SOURCE=y and a recent compiler,
commit 439a1bcac648 ("fortify: Use __builtin_dynamic_object_size() when
available") produces the warning below and an oops.

    Searching for RedBoot partition table in 50000000.flash at offset 0x7e0000
    ------------[ cut here ]------------
    WARNING: lib/string_helpers.c:1035 at 0xc029e04c, CPU#0: swapper/0/1
    memcmp: detected buffer overflow: 15 byte read of buffer size 14
    Modules linked in:
    CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.19.0 #1 NONE

As Kees said, "'names' is pointing to the final 'namelen' many bytes
of the allocation ... 'namelen' could be basically any length at all.
This fortify warning looks legit to me -- this code used to be reading
beyond the end of the allocation."

Since the size of the dynamic allocation is calculated with strlen()
we can use strcmp() instead of memcmp() and remain within bounds.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 3%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12.1 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.253
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.203
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.167
linuxlinux_kernel
6.2 ≤
𝑥
< 6.6.130
linuxlinux_kernel
6.7 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.78
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.20
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.10
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
2.6.12:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc4
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.174-1
fixed
bullseye
vulnerable
bullseye (security)
5.10.257-1
fixed
forky
7.0.13-1
fixed
sid
7.0.13-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.94-1
fixed
linux-6.1
bullseye (security)
6.1.174-1~deb11u1
fixed
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
kernel-64kb
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
kernel-default
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
kernel-default-base
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1
fixed
kernel-obs-build
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
kernel-source
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
fixed