CVE-2026-0861
HIGH 8.4Passing too large an alignment to the memalign suite of functions (memalign, posix_memalign, aligned_alloc) in the GNU C Library version 2.30 to 2.42 may result in an integer overflow, which could consequently result in a heap corruption.
Note that the attacker must have control over both, the size as well as the alignment arguments of the memalign function to be able to exploit this. The size parameter must be close enough to PTRDIFF_MAX so as to overflow size_t along with the large alignment argument. This limits the malicious inputs for the alignment for memalign to the range [1<<62+ 1, 1<<63] and exactly 1<<63 for posix_memalign and aligned_alloc.
Typically the alignment argument passed to such functions is a known constrained quantity (e.g. page size, block size, struct sizes) and is not attacker controlled, because of which this may not be easily exploitable in practice. An application bug could potentially result in the input alignment being too large, e.g. due to a different buffer overflow or integer overflow in the application or its dependent libraries, but that is again an uncommon usage pattern given typical sources of alignments.
Affected Applications in Environment
38
glibc
v2.28-251.0.3.el8_10.27
3 devices
glibc
v2.28-251.el8_10.5
2 devices
glibc
v2.34-168.el9_6.23
21 devices
glibc
v2.34-168.el9_6.24
1 device
glibc
v2.28-251.0.2.el8_10.13
1 device
glibc
v2.17-326.el7_9
1 device
glibc
v2.34-231.el9_7.10
2 devices
glibc
v2.34-231.el9_7.2
5 devices
glibc
v2.34-231.el9_7.10
1 device
glibc
v2.28-251.0.3.el8_10.25
2 devices
glibc
v2.34-168.0.1.el9_6.23
1 device
glibc
v2.39-58.el10_1.7
1 device
glibc
v2.28-251.el8_10.16
1 device
glibc
v2.28-251.el8_10.27
2 devices
gnupg
v2.2.27-3ubuntu2.5
27 devices
gnupg
v2.2.19-3ubuntu2.5
11 devices
gnupg
v1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3
3 devices
gnupg
v2.4.4-2ubuntu17.4
58 devices
gnupg
v2.2.40-1.1+deb12u2
12 devices
gnupg
v2.2.4-1ubuntu1.6
1 device
gnupg
v2.2.40-1.1+deb12u1
2 devices
gnupg
v1.4.16-1ubuntu2.6
1 device
gnupg
v1.4.20-1ubuntu3.3+esm3
1 device
gnupg
v2.4.4-2ubuntu23.2
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.3
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.3-6.el9
20 devices
gnutls
v3.8.3-9.el9
5 devices
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.4
4 devices
gnutls
v3.3.29-9.el7_6
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.3-10.el9_7
2 devices
gnutls
v3.8.3-6.el9_6.2
2 devices
gnutls
v3.8.3-10.el9_7
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.3-6.el9_6.2
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-6.el8_7
2 devices
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_9.3
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.3
1 device
gnutls
v3.8.10-3.el10_1
1 device
gnutls
v3.6.16-8.el8_10.4
2 devices
Affected Devices
161
DPNCHA-194733
Linux
administrator-SYS-4029GP-TRT2
Linux
aggietower
Linux
ah-ots
Linux
atc.db.usu.edu
Linux
auto-score
Linux
awep1
Linux
bacha25
Linux
bennett-HP-Z2-SFF-G4-Workstation
Linux
blakeutil
Linux
capahab
Linux
cceredcapdb
Linux
cceredcapweb
Linux
chela03
Linux
chela04
Linux
chela05
Linux
cleanaddressdev.banner.usu.edu
Linux
devjobsub.banner.usu.edu
Linux
dispatch
Linux
dist
Linux
dpapsb-161390.aggies.usu.edu
Linux
dpapsb-191594.mypc.usu.edu
Linux
educweb
Linux
el103-02.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-03.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-04.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-05.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-07.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-08.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-09.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-10.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-14.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-15.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-16.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-17.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-18.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-19.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el103-20.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-01.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-02.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-03.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-04.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-05.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-06.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-08.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-09.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-10.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-11.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-12.ece.usu.edu
Linux
el120-14.ece.usu.edu
Linux
elend
Linux
emby
Linux
eprocdev.banner.usu.edu
Linux
ezidadmin
Linux
facreadyprod.pplant.usu.edu
Linux
facreadytestrhel.pplant.usu.edu
Linux
facshibsp2.pplant.usu.edu
Linux
flexnet
Linux
flo-rida
Linux
gravekeeper
Linux
guru.cluster
Linux
hackedpasswords
Linux
hotcheeto
Linux
infosec-grafana
Linux
intune-mcc1
Linux
intune-mcc3
Linux
iperf
Linux
itfinance
Linux
itls-wp
Linux
joek-HP-Z2-SFF-G9-Workstation-Desktop-PC
Linux
kena-utility
Linux
kmlab
Linux
ldap-lb01
Linux
ldap-lb02
Linux
librenms
Linux
librenmsdb
Linux
log
Linux
lumbermill
Linux
mail
Linux
minemeld
Linux
mirror3
Linux
miscdata
Linux
monitor01
Linux
monitor02
Linux
my1
Linux
my2
Linux
mysql02
Linux
netbox
Linux
omekanew
Linux
oms.db.usu.edu
Linux
owenclarke-OptiPlex-7090
Linux
paymentworksdev.banner.usu.edu
Linux
portscan01
Linux
privatebin
Linux
rcbd
Linux
rcdb-dev
Linux
redcapweb
Linux
refraction
Linux
second-thrifted-tractor
Linux
sentry
Linux
server1mathusuedu
Linux
server2math
Linux
solar
Linux
spencer-funk-HP-Z2-SFF-G5-Workstation
Linux
starfleetpad
Linux
storm
Linux
strat
Linux
sys-serv-l-301-data
Linux
thinkstation
Linux
thnotes
Linux
tsutil.it.usu.edu
Linux
vinmathusuedu
Linux
vrtour
Linux
web-lb-stage.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb01-redirect.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb01.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb02-redirect.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb02.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb03-redirect.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb03.usu.edu
Linux
web-lb04.usu.edu
Linux
web02.usu.edu
Linux
web03.usu.edu
Linux
web04a
Linux
web05
Linux
web06
Linux
web08.usu.edu
Linux
web09.usu.edu
Linux
web10
Linux
web10-awhc
Linux
web10-awhc
Linux
web11.usu.edu
Linux
web12.usu.edu
Linux
web13.usu.edu
Linux
web14.usu.edu
Linux
web15.usu.edu
Linux
web16.usu.edu
Linux
web17
Linux
web18
Linux
web19.usu.edu
Linux
web20
Linux
web21
Linux
web22
Linux
web23
Linux
web24
Linux
web25
Linux
web27.usu.edu
Linux
web28
Linux
web29.usu.edu
Linux
web30.usu.edu
Linux
web31.usu.edu
Linux
web32.usu.edu
Linux
web33.usu.edu
Linux
web34.usu.edu
Linux
web35.usu.edu
Linux
web36.usu.edu
Linux
web37.usu.edu
Linux
webs.usu.edu
Linux
webtools
Linux
wpad
Linux
zldtst.db.usu.edu
Linux