# CVE-2026-63893: thunderbolt: property: Reject u32 wrap in tb_property_entry_valid()

> A malicious Thunderbolt peer can trigger an integer overflow to read out-of-bounds kernel memory, leaking device information via sysfs attributes.

- **Severity:** High 8.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 19 Jul 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2026-63893, DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63893, GHSA-x965-jq5m-mrm4, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-63893, UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63893

## What is CVE-2026-63893?

CVE-2026-63893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

thunderbolt: property: Reject u32 wrap in tb_property_entry_valid()

entry->value is u32 and entry->length is u16; the sum is performed in
u32 and wraps.  A malicious XDomain peer can pick
value = 0xffffff00, length = 0x100 so the sum 0x100000000 wraps to 0
and passes the > block_len check.  tb_property_parse() then passes
entry->value to parse_dwdata() as a dword offset into the property
block, reading attacker-directed memory far past the allocation.

For TEXT-typed entries with the "deviceid" or "vendorid" keys this
lands in xd->device_name / xd->vendor_name and is readable back via
the per-XDomain device_name / vendor_name sysfs attributes; the leak
is NUL-bounded (kstrdup() stops at the first zero byte) and
untargeted (the attacker picks a delta, not an absolute address).
DATA-typed entries are parsed into property->value.data but not
generically surfaced to userspace.

Use check_add_overflow() so a wrapped sum is rejected.

Weakness: CWE-190 (Integer Overflow or Wraparound)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-63893?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-63893?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2026-63893 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-63893 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-63893 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 19 Jul 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-63893 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63893/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63893/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63893
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63893
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-63893

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-63893/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.