CVE-2026-53268 (GCVE-0-2026-53268)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:39 – Updated: 2026-09-08 08:50
VLAI
Title
netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read When parsing fails after we've matched the command string we should bail out instead of trying to match a different command. This helper should be deprecated, given prevalence of TLS I doubt it has any relevance in 2026.
Severity
8.2 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 4cdda7f868f48e2f81579371584fdbdce37df2c8 (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 8a1d6e40dedfe1068aee094d851bd69e289c9fd6 (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 0afc802160af0df61ed374fdb97fb34cfe5cdf2f (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 7c34f91305292083253df6a9f6c8ede02d4ccaea (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < ddddd8271359961e403d11c90c9ba9fc38914f7e (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 9e5da2379f968a3ea5a6e38921ab6201576466dc (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 573810f61bcd6b6815e2ff53bbdd2b9c9d747176 (git)
Affected: 869f37d8e48f3911eb70f38a994feaa8f8380008 , < 66eba0ffce3b7e11449946b4cbbef8ea36112f56 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.20
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.20 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.259 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.210 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.176 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.143 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.94 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.36 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.13 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
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Siemens SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
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