What is CVE-2026-53038?

CVE-2026-53038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-53038?

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

Out-of-bounds Read in Linux

CVE-2026-53038

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima_fs: Correctly create securityfs files for unsupported hash algos ima_tpm_chip->allocated_banks[i].crypto_id is initialized to HASH_ALGO__LAST if the TPM algorithm is…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (2.4th 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 9fa8e76250082a45d0d3dad525419ab98bd01658, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

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-2026-53038?: CVE-2026-53038 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-53038?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.