In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm array: reject an array block whose value size is not the caller's
array_block_check() can only compare the header against itself, so a block
with value_size 4 and max_entries 1018 is internally consistent and passes.
dm-cache keeps two arrays -- mappings at 8 bytes and hints at 4 -- and the
roots for both live in the superblock. Point the mappings root at a hint
block and __load_mappings() walks it through an info whose value size is 8,
so element_at() strides 8 bytes over 4-byte entries and reaches offset 8160
of a 4096-byte block.
get_ablock() and __shadow_ablock() are the two places that hold the block
and the caller at once. Reject there when the two value sizes disagree.
Arrays only ever read their own blocks, so this fires on crafted metadata
only.
dm array: reject an array block whose value size is not the caller's
array_block_check() can only compare the header against itself, so a block
with value_size 4 and max_entries 1018 is internally consistent and passes.
dm-cache keeps two arrays -- mappings at 8 bytes and hints at 4 -- and the
roots for both live in the superblock. Point the mappings root at a hint
block and __load_mappings() walks it through an info whose value size is 8,
so element_at() strides 8 bytes over 4-byte entries and reaches offset 8160
of a 4096-byte block.
get_ablock() and __shadow_ablock() are the two places that hold the block
and the caller at once. Reject there when the two value sizes disagree.
Arrays only ever read their own blocks, so this fires on crafted metadata
only.
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-843 | |
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm array: reject an array block whose value size is not the caller's array_block_check() can only compare the header against itself, so a block with value_size 4 and max_entries 1018 is internally consistent and passes. dm-cache keeps two arrays -- mappings at 8 bytes and hints at 4 -- and the roots for both live in the superblock. Point the mappings root at a hint block and __load_mappings() walks it through an info whose value size is 8, so element_at() strides 8 bytes over 4-byte entries and reaches offset 8160 of a 4096-byte block. get_ablock() and __shadow_ablock() are the two places that hold the block and the caller at once. Reject there when the two value sizes disagree. Arrays only ever read their own blocks, so this fires on crafted metadata only. | |
| Title | dm array: reject an array block whose value size is not the caller's | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:44:41.851Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.727Z
Link: CVE-2026-89573
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:41.390
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:41.390
Link: CVE-2026-89573
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-12T13:00:12Z
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