What is CVE-2026-23252?

CVE-2026-23252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.

How severe is CVE-2026-23252?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-23252

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: get rid of the xchk_xfile_*_descr calls The xchk_xfile_*_descr macros call kasprintf, which can fail to allocate memory if the formatted string is larger than 16 by…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions ab97f4b1c030750f2475bf4da8a9554d02206640, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23252?: CVE-2026-23252 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2026-23252?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.