Summary
Linux Kernel contains an integer overflow vulnerability in the create_elf_tables() function which could allow an unprivileged local user with access to SUID (or otherwise privileged) binary to escalate their privileges on the system.
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Kernel
- Added to KEV
- Jan 26, 2026
- Remediation due
- Feb 16, 2026 (US federal deadline)
- Ransomware use
- Not known
- Weakness
- CWE-190
- EPSS
- 14.7% as of Nov 12
In the news
- No Asia-Pacific article names this CVE yet.
Linked
Actors named alongside it:
none
Incidents exploiting it:
- none recorded
References