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Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write Vulnerability

Linux Kernel contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the ebtables SNAT target which allows an ARP sender hardware address rewrite to write directly into a nonlinear socket-buffer fragment backed by a splice-imported file page. The impacted product(s) could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of

Key points

• CVE: CVE-2026-53266
• Added to CISA KEV: 2026-09-18
• Federal remediation due date in the KEV record: 2026-09-21
• Known ransomware campaign use: Unknown

What to do

Apply the vendor fix or mitigation for this CVE, or discontinue use of the affected product where no fix exists. The full required action text is in the primary source record below.

Sources and provenance

Primary source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog. Structured record, tier computed in code: auto (reliability 95). This staging page renders a draft record from the Sprint 1 ingest spike; it is not a published story.