CVE-2026-84270

Medium

Description

A flaw was found in the MTP backend in gvfs. When reading a file from a mounted MTP device, do_read() in gvfsbackendmtp.c trusts the data length returned by the device without limiting it to the original size requested by the client. If a malicious MTP device responds with more bytes than requested, this unrestricted length is passed directly to memcpy(). This causes the operation to read memory outside the intended boundaries. This allows an attacker who plugs in a malicious MTP device to cause a segmentation fault when a file is read and crash the gvfsd-mtp process, resulting in a denial of service.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.3
Exploit probability—
ProductGnome Gvfs
PublishedSep 1, 2026
First seenSep 1, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • GNOME gvfs1.60.2 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
GNOME gvfsv < 1.60.21.60.2
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8No range specified—
Red Hat Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9No range specified—

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