CVE-2026-23388
HIGHSquashfs: 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 (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.1
EPSS
0.0001
EPSS Percentile
3.6%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel
2.6.29 - 6.1.167linux
linux/Kernel
6.13.0 - 6.18.17linux
linux/Kernel
6.19.0 - 6.19.7linux
linux/Kernel
6.2.0 - 6.6.130linux
linux/Kernel
6.7.0 - 6.12.77linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.29
Linux/Linux
2.6.29
Linux/Linux
5.10.253 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux
5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux
6.1.167 - 6.1.*
... and 17 more
Published
Mar 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Mar 25, 2026