Bug 2460016 (CVE-2026-6844) - CVE-2026-6844 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service vulnerabilities in readelf via crafted ELF files
Summary: CVE-2026-6844 binutils: Binutils: Denial of Service vulnerabilities in readel...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-6844
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2460505 2460506 2460507
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Reported: 2026-04-21 08:38 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-06 02:26 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-04-21 08:38:43 UTC 
Two DoS vulnerabilities in readelf 2.46:
1. Resource exhaustion (CWE-400): crafted ELF triggers 6.3TB allocation, OOM kill
2. Null pointer deref (CWE-476): malformed sh_entsize/shoff causes SIGSEGV

Discovered via AFL++ fuzzing. PoC files attached to JSM ticket. Not publicly disclosed.
Comment 4 maojian 2026-05-06 02:26:07 UTC 
Does this issue affect versions between 2.34 and 2.44? Also, is there an estimated timeline for an upstream fix or patch release?
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