What is CVE-2026-64553?

CVE-2026-64553 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.11 onward and patched in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. CVE-2026-64553 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2026-64553?

CVE-2026-64553 has a CVSS score of pending NVD analysis out of 10, rated awaiting scoring severity.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-64553?

Yes, CVE-2026-64553 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2026-64553 actively exploited?

CVE-2026-64553 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2026-64553

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: psample: fix info leak in PSAMPLE_ATTR_DATA psample open codes nla_put() presumably to avoid wiping the data with 0s just to override it with packet data. This open coding is missing clearing the pad, however, each netlink attr is padded to 4B and data_len may not be divisible by 4B.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2026-07-27

Last modified 2026-07-27

Patch available

Yes

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2-rc1 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.11

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.261 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.212 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.178 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.145 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.97 6.12.x ✓ 6.18.40 6.18.x ✓ 7.1.5 7.1.x ✓ 7.2-rc1

References

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-64553?

CVE-2026-64553 is a unscored severity Linux kernel vulnerability . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.11 onward and has been patched in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. CVE-2026-64553 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2026-64553?

Yes. CVE-2026-64553 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2026-64553 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2026-64553 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.