What is CVE-2026-53041?

CVE-2026-53041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-06-24.

How severe is CVE-2026-53041?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2026-53041

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix listxattr handling when the buffer is full [BUG] If an OCFS2 inode has both inline and block-based xattrs, listxattr() can return a size larger than the calle…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.001 (2.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 936b8834366ec05f2a6993f73afd8348cac9718e, 2.6.28, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

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)
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-2026-53041?: CVE-2026-53041 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2026-06-24.
How severe is CVE-2026-53041?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.