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CVE-2026-80962 (GCVE-0-2026-80962)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:42 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:28
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Title
dm-pcache: validate geometry fields from on-disk cache_info
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: validate geometry fields from on-disk cache_info cache_segs_init() iterates cache_info->n_segs times indexing cache->segments[], which is sized to the cache device geometry, and get_seg_id() takes each segment id from the on-media cache_info and the per-segment next_seg link. Both come from cache device metadata that is only CRC-protected with a fixed public seed, so whoever supplies the cache device on a table load (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) controls them: an oversized n_segs or an out-of-range id drives an out-of-bounds access of cache->segments[] and a wild CACHE_DEV_SEGMENT() pointer into the device mapping -- an out-of-bounds read and write from on-disk data. Reject an n_segs that exceeds the device segment count and a segment id that is out of range before either is used. Valid metadata is unaffected.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 , < ab5dcde6fa96bc115b85f3621c60e39c66229a90 (git)
Affected: 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 , < 3e19172089ec81132a8a48e802b1034a744209f4 (git)
Affected: 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 , < 32d1809da31094ef76fd98dc1f1a8b55ca1295dd (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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