gawk: Fix of 3 CVEs
- CVE-2026-40467: fix use-after-free in do_getline_redir() in io.c (redir_exp dereferenced after being freed) - CVE-2026-40553: fix stack buffer overflow in ftype() in the readdir extension (unbounded path concatenation before stat()) - CVE-2026-40469: fix integer overflow in do_sub() in builtin.c (64-bit overflow check on the result-buffer size prevents heap corruption in sub/gsub/gensub replacement expansion on 32-bit builds)
- Products
- gawk, gawk-all-langpacks, gawk-devel, gawk-doc
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.1.0-6.el9.tuxcare.els2
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-40467, CVE-2026-40469, CVE-2026-40553
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 11:50 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
- CVE-2026-40467: fix use-after-free in do_getline_redir() in io.c (redir_exp dereferenced after being freed) - CVE-2026-40553: fix stack buffer overflow in ftype() in the readdir extension (unbounded path concatenation before stat()) - CVE-2026-40469: fix integer overflow in do_sub() in builtin.c (64-bit overflow check on the result-buffer size prevents heap corruption in sub/gsub/gensub replacement expansion on 32-bit builds)
osv:CLSA-2026-1784217178
gawk
Fixed versions: 5.1.0-6.el9.tuxcare.els2
gawk-all-langpacks
Fixed versions: 5.1.0-6.el9.tuxcare.els2
gawk-devel
Fixed versions: 5.1.0-6.el9.tuxcare.els2
gawk-doc
Fixed versions: 5.1.0-6.el9.tuxcare.els2
Complete source record
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