Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68255
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-68255 | 10 Aug 202612:01 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2026-68255 drm/virtio: bound EDID block reads to the response buffer | 10 Aug 202612:01 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2026-68255 | 10 Aug 202612:01 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2026-55356 | 10 Aug 202612:01 | – | euvd | |
| CVE-2026-68255 | 10 Aug 202613:20 | – | nvd | |
| BELL-CVE-2026-68255 | 12 Aug 202606:04 | – | osv | |
| DEBIAN-CVE-2026-68255 | 10 Aug 202613:20 | – | osv | |
| UBUNTU-CVE-2026-68255 | 11 Aug 202600:00 | – | osv | |
| CVE-2026-68255 | 11 Aug 202618:47 | – | redhatcve |
| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security-tracker | www.security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-68255 |
| cve | www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi |
#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
##
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
##
include('compat.inc');
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script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-68255");
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"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.
- drm/virtio: bound EDID block reads to the response buffer virtio_get_edid_block() validates the read
offset only against the device-supplied resp->size field, never against the fixed-size resp->edid array.
The EDID block index is driven by the device-supplied extension count, so a malicious virtio-gpu backend
can advertise a large size together with a high block count and read far past the array into adjacent
kernel memory, which is then surfaced in the parsed EDID (an out-of-bounds read / info leak). Also reject
any read whose end exceeds the size of the edid array. Conforming EDID responses stay within the array and
are unaffected. (CVE-2026-68255)
Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");
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script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:11.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:12.0");
script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:linux");
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script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");
script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-11", "Host/OS/Debian Linux-12");
exit(0);
}
if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
include('linux_unpatched.inc');
var distro_constraints_array = {
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{"reference": "linux-doc"},
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{"reference": "linux-headers-6.1.0"},
{"reference": "linux-source"},
{"reference": "linux-source-6.1"},
{"reference": "linux-support-6.1.0"},
{"reference": "loop-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "nic-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "nic-shared-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "nic-wireless-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "pata-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "ppp-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "scsi-core-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "scsi-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "scsi-nic-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "serial-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "usb-serial-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"},
{"reference": "xfs-modules-6.1.0-50-alpha-generic-di"}
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{"reference": "linux-doc"},
{"reference": "linux-doc-5.10"},
{"reference": "linux-headers-5.10.0"},
{"reference": "linux-kbuild-5.10"},
{"reference": "linux-libc-dev"},
{"reference": "linux-perf"},
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}
]
}
};
var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
var vendor;
foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
}
}
}
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);
if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
security_report_v4(
port : 0,
severity : SECURITY_WARNING,
extra : report
);
exit(0);
}
else
{
audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}
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