CVE-2026-23388

Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range

Title source: cna

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range Syzkaller reports a "general protection fault in squashfs_copy_data" This is ultimately caused by a corrupted index look-up table, which produces a negative metadata block offset. This is subsequently passed to squashfs_copy_data (via squashfs_read_metadata) where the negative offset causes an out of bounds access. The fix is to check that the offset is within range in squashfs_read_metadata. This will trap this and other cases.

Scores

EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 9.2%

Details

Status published
Products (14)
Linux/Linux < 2.6.29
Linux/Linux 2.6.29
Linux/Linux 6.1.167 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.77 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.17 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.7 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.130 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 7.0-rc2
Linux/Linux f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 - 01ee0bcc29864b78249308e8b35042b09bbf5fe3
Linux/Linux f400e12656ab518be107febfe2315fb1eab5a342 - 0c8ab092aec3ac4294940054772d30b511b16713
... and 4 more
Published Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since Mar 25, 2026