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FKIE_CVE-2026-53268

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-06-25 09:16 - Updated: 2026-09-08 09:18

Severity

8.2 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

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.

References

URL	Tags
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0afc802160af0df61ed374fdb97fb34cfe5cdf2f	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdda7f868f48e2f81579371584fdbdce37df2c8	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573810f61bcd6b6815e2ff53bbdd2b9c9d747176	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66eba0ffce3b7e11449946b4cbbef8ea36112f56	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c34f91305292083253df6a9f6c8ede02d4ccaea	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1d6e40dedfe1068aee094d851bd69e289c9fd6	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5da2379f968a3ea5a6e38921ab6201576466dc	Patch
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67	https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddddd8271359961e403d11c90c9ba9fc38914f7e	Patch
0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e	https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	*
linux	linux_kernel	7.1
linux	linux_kernel	7.1
linux	linux_kernel	7.1
linux	linux_kernel	7.1
linux	linux_kernel	7.1
linux	linux_kernel	7.1

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

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-06-25 08:39 – Updated: 2026-09-08 08:50

Title

netfilter: conntrack_irc: fix possible out-of-bounds read

Summary

Severity

8.2 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root Scorecard

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cdda7f868f48e2f8…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1d6e40dedfe1068…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0afc802160af0df61…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c34f913052920832…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddddd8271359961e4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e5da2379f968a3ea…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573810f61bcd6b681…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66eba0ffce3b7e114…
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/…

Impacted products

5 products

Vendor	Product	Version
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)
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)
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
Siemens	SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU 1518F-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)
Siemens	SIPLUS S7-1500 CPU 1518-4 PN/DP MFP	Affected: V3.1.6 , < * (custom)

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