# CVE-2024-26994: speakup: Avoid crash on very long word

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-01 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 2.6.37

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: speakup: Avoid crash on very long word In case a console is set up really large and contains a really long word (> 256 characters), we have to stop before the length of the word buffer.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/756c5cb7c09e537b87b5d3acafcb101b2ccf394f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f6b62125befe1675446923e4171eac2c012959c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6401038acfa24cba9c28cce410b7505efadd0222
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d130158db29f5e0b3893154908cf618896450a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89af25bd4b4bf6a71295f07e07a8ae7dc03c6595
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8defb1d22ba0395b81feb963b96e252b097ba76f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0efb15c14c493263cb3a5f65f5ddfd4603d19a76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d2f34ea96ea3bce6ba2535f867f0d4ee3b22e1

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