Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thunderbolt: property: Cap recursion depth in __tb_property_parse_dir() A DIRECTORY entry's value field is used as the dir_offset for a recursive call into __tb_property_parse_dir() with no depth counter. A crafted peer that chains DIRECTORY entries into a back-reference loop drives the parser until the kernel stack is exhausted and the guard page fires. Any untrusted XDomain peer (cable, dock, in-line inspector, adjacent host) that reaches the PROPERTIES_REQUEST control-plane exchange can trigger this without authentication. Thread a depth counter through tb_property_parse() and __tb_property_parse_dir(), and reject blocks that exceed TB_PROPERTY_MAX_DEPTH = 8. That is comfortably larger than any observed legitimate XDomain layout. Operators who do not need XDomain host-to-host discovery can disable the path entirely with thunderbolt.xdomain=0 on the kernel command line.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a84ab9271936c11e84e511bb52fc5682f8b6726 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b5f47a710172c962ef42d1b732b04d2ad0dce21 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/830c8a9b467e7d3a158483d37fa7dc13892b293a Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/928abe19fbf0127003abcb1ea69cabc1c897d0ab Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/95839a67ea56ca35732aad7f711404a3127cfe2d Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4621e5ef63405c317a84b711faf3bd75b3c6a94 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed9455ef4bd9babc90f92e526abe3fb68c1a8709 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f31c6d220f455b5af63590302b30e1b932d14599 Patch
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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5.5
MEDIUM
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 9 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-674
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