CVE-2026-53174

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ovl: keep err zero after successful ovl_cache_get() ovl_iterate_merged() stores PTR_ERR(cache) in err before checking IS_ERR(cache). On success err holds the truncated cache pointer and can be returned as a bogus non-zero error. The syzbot reproducer reaches this through overlay-on-overlay readdir: getdents64 iterate_dir(outer overlay file) ovl_iterate_merged() ovl_cache_get() ovl_dir_read_merged() ovl_dir_read() iterate_dir(inner overlay file) ovl_iterate_merged() Only compute PTR_ERR(cache) on the error path.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

06 Jul 2026, 12:44

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
First Time Linux linux Kernel
Linux
CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1711b6ed6953cee5940ca4c3a6e77f1b3798cee2 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1711b6ed6953cee5940ca4c3a6e77f1b3798cee2 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7051909a01bfb883bfa78b27514854068ac4b85 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7051909a01bfb883bfa78b27514854068ac4b85 - Patch

28 Jun 2026, 08:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.8

25 Jun 2026, 09:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-06-25 09:16

Updated : 2026-07-06 12:44


NVD link : CVE-2026-53174

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53174

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53174


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Products Affected

linux

  • linux_kernel