Description

A flaw was found in the `readelf` utility of the binutils package. A local attacker could exploit two Denial of Service (DoS) vulnerabilities by providing a specially crafted Executable and Linkable Format (ELF) file. One vulnerability, a resource exhaustion (CWE-400), can lead to an out-of-memory condition. The other, a null pointer dereference (CWE-476), can cause a segmentation fault. Both issues can result in the `readelf` utility becoming unresponsive or crashing, leading to a denial of service.

INFO

Published Date :

2026-04-22T08:37:09.794Z

Last Modified :

2026-04-23T14:48:58.105Z

Source :

redhat
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2026-6844 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Redhat
  • Enterprise Linux
  • Hardened Images
  • Hummingbird
  • Openshift
  • Openshift Container Platform
REFERENCES

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https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-6844 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460016 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-6844 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6844 cve-icon
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