CVE-2026-23388
Squashfs: check metadata block offset is within range
Title source: cnaDescription
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.
References (6)
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