CVE-2026-53150
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Reject zero-length property entries in validator tb_property_entry_valid() accepts entries with length == 0 for DIRECTORY, DATA, and TEXT types.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.16%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: Reject zero-length property entries in validator tb_property_entry_valid() accepts entries with length == 0 for DIRECTORY, DATA, and TEXT types. A zero-length TEXT entry passes validation but causes an underflow in the null-termination logic: property->value.text[property->length * 4 - 1] = '\0'; When property->length is 0 this writes to offset -1 relative to the allocation. Reject zero-length entries early in the validator since they have no valid representation in the XDomain property protocol.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 6th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-191
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e0ddac549ebd713eb9f4a15b6496e3440a17d8bPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35d6c9252a152e756768a26dbf216b9dd9dd8e92Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b6e68cb97f725385010264a873e14a3921b6b8aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/581c2053ab4dbe27e83c9e62deb4c73aa8dc0c3aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f56bc6bddffe8710ba0ba8844023b5a44ca90e4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99d9dbad1463afb510d42c9714f846361d1b726dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca11e7da4fba4b394f69e16448f4463c44c84de6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cff8eb65d1eafe7793e54b4d0cf6bf831644630bPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.