Medium · published June 25, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
thunderbolt: Reject zero-length property entries in validator
tb_property_entry_valid() accepts entries with length == 0 for
DIRECTORY, DATA, and TEXT types. A zero-length TEXT entry passes
validation but causes an underflow in the null-termination logic:
property->value.text[property->length * 4 - 1] = '\0';
When property->length is 0 this writes to offset -1 relative to
the allocation.
Reject zero-length entries early in the validator since they have no
valid representation in the XDomain property protocol.
| Product | Versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 4.15, < 5.10.259 | 5.10.259 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.210 | 5.15.210 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.176 | 6.1.176 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.143 | 6.6.143 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.94 | 6.12.94 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.13, < 6.18.36 | 6.18.36 |
| linux/linux_kernel | ≥ 6.19, < 7.0.13 | 7.0.13 |
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