Linux has 8,801 CVEs on record between 2019 and 2026. Disclosure cadence is accelerating: 3618 in the last 90 days against 1301 in the 90 before. The busiest recent month was September 2026 with 2014. The median CVSS is 7.8 (high), with 520 rated critical. 0% have been exploited in the wild, in line with the corpus average. The median gap from publication to a KEV listing is 158 days (7 cases). The dominant weakness classes are CWE-416 (496) and CWE-476 (444). Most affected products: Linux (6450), linux_kernel (2349), kernel (1).
CVEs per month
Last 12 months, by publish date
- Exploited share
- 0% vs 1% corpus
- Median CVSS
- 7.8
- Publish → KEV
- 158 d median(7)
- Last 90 days
- 3618 prev 1301
Weakness classes
Products
- Linux 6450
- linux_kernel 2349
- kernel 1
- layer_2_tunneling_protocol 1
Worst active — by depth score
CVE-2025-39682Critical· 9.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list Each recvmsg() call must process either - only contiguous DATA records (any number of them) - one non-DATA re…80CVE-2025-22037High· 7.5In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in alloc_preauth_hash() The Client send malformed smb2 negotiate request80CVE-2026-43284High· 8.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: esp: avoid in-place decrypt on shared skb frags MSG_SPLICE_PAGES can attach pages from a pipe directly to an skb79CVE-2023-3867Critical· 9.1In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: fix out of bounds read in smb2_sess_setup ksmbd does not consider the case of that smb2 session setup is in compound request76CVE-2026-53266High· 8.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable The ebtables SNAT target keeps the Ethernet source address rewrite behind skb_ensure_writable(skb, 0)74
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8801 CVEsRSS
CVE-2026-31684Nonenet: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_csum: validate nested VLAN headers tcf_csum_act() walks nested VLAN headers directly from skb->data when an skb still carries in-payload VLAN tags. The…
CVE-2026-31677Nonecrypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: af_alg - limit RX SG extraction by receive buffer budget Make af_alg_get_rsgl() limit each RX scatterlist extraction to the remaining receive buffer budget. a…
CVE-2026-31679High· 7.1openvswitch: validate MPLS set/set_masked payload length
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: validate MPLS set/set_masked payload length validate_set() accepted OVS_KEY_ATTR_MPLS as variable-sized payload for SET/SET_MASKED actions. In action hand…
CVE-2026-31678High· 7.8openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openvswitch: defer tunnel netdev_put to RCU release ovs_netdev_tunnel_destroy() may run after NETDEV_UNREGISTER already detached the device. Dropping the netdev refere…
CVE-2026-31675High· 7.8net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in packet corruption
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sched: sch_netem: fix out-of-bounds access in packet corruption In netem_enqueue(), the packet corruption logic uses get_random_u32_below(skb_headlen(skb)) to sele…
CVE-2026-31685Critical· 9.4In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets `eui64_mt6()` derives a modified EUI-64 from the Ethernet source address and compares it with the low …
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_eui64: reject invalid MAC header for all packets `eui64_mt6()` derives a modified EUI-64 from the Ethernet source address and compares it with the low …
CVE-2026-31676High· 7.5In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: only handle RESPONSE during service challenge Only process RESPONSE packets while the service connection is still in RXRPC_CONN_SERVICE_CHALLENGING
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: only handle RESPONSE during service challenge Only process RESPONSE packets while the service connection is still in RXRPC_CONN_SERVICE_CHALLENGING. Check that …
CVE-2026-31673High· 7.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock Exact UNIX diag lookups hold a reference to the socket, but not to u->path
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: af_unix: read UNIX_DIAG_VFS data under unix_state_lock Exact UNIX diag lookups hold a reference to the socket, but not to u->path. Meanwhile, unix_release_sock() clear…
CVE-2026-31682Critical· 9.1In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: br_nd_send: linearize skb before parsing ND options br_nd_send() parses neighbour discovery options from ns->opt[] and assumes that these options are in the li…
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bridge: br_nd_send: linearize skb before parsing ND options br_nd_send() parses neighbour discovery options from ns->opt[] and assumes that these options are in the li…
CVE-2026-31680High· 7.8In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: flowlabel: defer exclusive option free until RCU teardown `ip6fl_seq_show()` walks the global flowlabel hash under the seq-file RCU read-side lock and print…
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ipv6: flowlabel: defer exclusive option free until RCU teardown `ip6fl_seq_show()` walks the global flowlabel hash under the seq-file RCU read-side lock and print…
CVE-2026-31674High· 7.1In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_rt: reject oversized addrnr in rt_mt6_check() Reject rt match rules whose addrnr exceeds IP6T_RT_HOPS. rt_mt6() expects addrnr to stay within the boun…
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: ip6t_rt: reject oversized addrnr in rt_mt6_check() Reject rt match rules whose addrnr exceeds IP6T_RT_HOPS. rt_mt6() expects addrnr to stay within the boun…
CVE-2026-31681Medium· 5.5In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_multiport: validate range encoding in checkentry ports_match_v1() treats any non-zero pflags entry as the start of a port range and unconditionally consu…
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_multiport: validate range encoding in checkentry ports_match_v1() treats any non-zero pflags entry as the start of a port range and unconditionally consu…
CVE-2026-31590NoneKVM: SEV: Drop WARN on large size for KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Drop WARN on large size for KVM_MEMORY_ENCRYPT_REG_REGION Drop the WARN in sev_pin_memory() on npages overflowing an int, as the WARN is comically trivially …
CVE-2026-31593NoneKVM: SEV: Reject attempts to sync VMSA of an already-launched/encrypted vCPU
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Reject attempts to sync VMSA of an already-launched/encrypted vCPU Reject synchronizing vCPU state to its associated VMSA if the vCPU has already been launch…
CVE-2026-31591NoneKVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SEV: Lock all vCPUs when synchronzing VMSAs for SNP launch finish Lock all vCPUs when synchronizing and encrypting VMSAs for SNP guests, as allowing userspace to …
CVE-2026-31604Nonewifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix device leak on probe failure Driver core holds a reference to the USB interface and its parent USB device while the interface is bound to a driver and…
CVE-2026-31614Nonesmb: client: fix off-by-8 bounds check in check_wsl_eas()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix off-by-8 bounds check in check_wsl_eas() The bounds check uses (u8 *)ea + nlen + 1 + vlen as the end of the EA name and value, but ea_data sits at off…
CVE-2026-31620NoneALSA: usx2y: us144mkii: fix NULL deref on missing interface 0
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usx2y: us144mkii: fix NULL deref on missing interface 0 A malicious USB device with the TASCAM US-144MKII device id can have a configuration containing bInterfac…
CVE-2026-31619NoneALSA: fireworks: bound device-supplied status before string array lookup
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: fireworks: bound device-supplied status before string array lookup The status field in an EFW response is a 32-bit value supplied by the firewire device. efr_st…
CVE-2026-31632Nonerxrpc: Fix leak of rxgk context in rxgk_verify_response()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix leak of rxgk context in rxgk_verify_response() Fix rxgk_verify_response() to clean up the rxgk context it creates.
CVE-2026-31639Nonerxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix key reference count leak from call->key When creating a client call in rxrpc_alloc_client_call(), the code obtains a reference to the key. This is never cl…
CVE-2026-31661Nonewifi: brcmsmac: Fix dma_free_coherent() size
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: brcmsmac: Fix dma_free_coherent() size dma_alloc_consistent() may change the size to align it. The new size is saved in alloced. Change the free size to match t…
CVE-2026-31647Noneidpf: fix PREEMPT_RT raw/bh spinlock nesting for async VC handling
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: idpf: fix PREEMPT_RT raw/bh spinlock nesting for async VC handling Switch from using the completion's raw spinlock to a local lock in the idpf_vc_xn struct. The conver…
CVE-2026-31672Nonewifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rt2x00usb: fix devres lifetime USB drivers bind to USB interfaces and any device managed resources should have their lifetime tied to the interface rather than p…
CVE-2026-31540Nonedrm/i915/gt: Check set_default_submission() before deferencing
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/gt: Check set_default_submission() before deferencing When the i915 driver firmware binaries are not present, the set_default_submission pointer is not set. T…
CVE-2026-31542Nonex86/platform/uv: Handle deconfigured sockets
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/platform/uv: Handle deconfigured sockets When a socket is deconfigured, it's mapped to SOCK_EMPTY (0xffff). This causes a panic while allocating UV hub info struct…
CVE-2026-31535Nonesmb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: make use of smbdirect_socket.recv_io.credits.available The logic off managing recv credits by counting posted recv_io and granted credits is racy. That's…
CVE-2026-31551Nonewifi: mac80211: Fix static_branch_dec() underflow for aql_disable.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: Fix static_branch_dec() underflow for aql_disable. syzbot reported static_branch_dec() underflow in aql_enable_write(). [0] The problem is that aql_en…
CVE-2026-31543Nonecrash_dump: don't log dm-crypt key bytes in read_key_from_user_keying
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crash_dump: don't log dm-crypt key bytes in read_key_from_user_keying When debug logging is enabled, read_key_from_user_keying() logs the first 8 bytes of the key payl…
CVE-2026-31556Nonexfs: scrub: unlock dquot before early return in quota scrub
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: scrub: unlock dquot before early return in quota scrub xchk_quota_item can return early after calling xchk_fblock_process_error. When that helper returns false, t…