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CVE-2026-23266 medium CVSS 5.5

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23266)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23266). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.127, 6.12.74, 6.18.13, 6.19.3 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fbdev: rivafb: fix divide error in nv3_arb()

A userspace program can trigger the RIVA NV3 arbitration code by calling
the FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO ioctl on /dev/fb*. When doing so, the driver
recomputes FIFO arbitration parameters in nv3_arb(), using state->mclk_khz
(derived from the PRAMDAC MCLK PLL) as a divisor without validating it
first.

In a normal setup, state->mclk_khz is provided by the real hardware and is
non-zero. However, an attacker can construct a malicious or misconfigured
device (e.g. a crafted/emulated PCI device) that exposes a bogus PLL
configuration, causing state->mclk_khz to become zero. Once
nv3_get_param() calls nv3_arb(), the division by state->mclk_khz in the gns
calculation causes a divide error and crashes the kernel.

Fix this by checking whether state->mclk_khz is zero and bailing out before
doing the division.

The following log reveals it:

rivafb: setting virtual Y resolution to 2184
divide error: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI
CPU: 0 PID: 2187 Comm: syz-executor.0 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1+ #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.12.0-59-gc9ba5276e321-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014
RIP: 0010:nv3_arb drivers/video/fbdev/riva/riva_hw.c:439 [inline]
RIP: 0010:nv3_get_param+0x3ab/0x13b0 drivers/video/fbdev/riva/riva_hw.c:546
Call Trace:
nv3CalcArbitration.constprop.0+0x255/0x460 drivers/video/fbdev/riva/riva_hw.c:603
nv3UpdateArbitrationSettings drive…

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23266 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.127, 6.12.74, 6.18.13, 6.19.3 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23266" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23266 (Kernel) — CWE-369 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.127, 6.12.74, 6.18.13, 6.19.3 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (CWE-369) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.127, 6.12.74, 6.18.13, 6.19.3.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

  1. 1
    Identify exposure identify
    grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules

    リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。

  2. 2
    Apply patch patch
    Upgrade Kernel to 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.127, 6.12.74, 6.18.13, 6.19.3

    ステージング環境で 5.10.251, 5.15.201, 6.1.164, 6.6.127, 6.12.74, 6.18.13, 6.19.3 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。

  3. 3
    Post-deployment verification verify
    Confirm patched version is live in production

    パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"2.6.12"},{"fixed":"5.10.251"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.11.0"},{"fixed":"5.15.201"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.16.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.164"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.127"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.74"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.13"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.3"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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