In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm array: validate array block headers on read
array_block_check() validates blocknr and csum and nothing else, while
node_check(), next to it, has bounded the structural fields since both
were written. dm_array_cursor_next() takes its loop bound from the
on-disk nr_entries and element_at() is unguarded pointer arithmetic, so
a count larger than the block holds keeps the cursor in one block while
the index grows past it and the read walks off the dm-bufio buffer --
dm_cache_load_mappings() drives it once per cache block at activation.
Check the header against itself: reject a zero value_size, require
max_entries to equal calc_max_entries() for that value_size and block
size, and require nr_entries to fit. Equality rather than an upper bound,
since a count below the real capacity trips BUG_ON() in fill_ablock() and
trim_ablock(). Metadata dm-array writes satisfies all three.
dm array: validate array block headers on read
array_block_check() validates blocknr and csum and nothing else, while
node_check(), next to it, has bounded the structural fields since both
were written. dm_array_cursor_next() takes its loop bound from the
on-disk nr_entries and element_at() is unguarded pointer arithmetic, so
a count larger than the block holds keeps the cursor in one block while
the index grows past it and the read walks off the dm-bufio buffer --
dm_cache_load_mappings() drives it once per cache block at activation.
Check the header against itself: reject a zero value_size, require
max_entries to equal calc_max_entries() for that value_size and block
size, and require nr_entries to fit. Equality rather than an upper bound,
since a count below the real capacity trips BUG_ON() in fill_ablock() and
trim_ablock(). Metadata dm-array writes satisfies all three.
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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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: validate array block headers on read array_block_check() validates blocknr and csum and nothing else, while node_check(), next to it, has bounded the structural fields since both were written. dm_array_cursor_next() takes its loop bound from the on-disk nr_entries and element_at() is unguarded pointer arithmetic, so a count larger than the block holds keeps the cursor in one block while the index grows past it and the read walks off the dm-bufio buffer -- dm_cache_load_mappings() drives it once per cache block at activation. Check the header against itself: reject a zero value_size, require max_entries to equal calc_max_entries() for that value_size and block size, and require nr_entries to fit. Equality rather than an upper bound, since a count below the real capacity trips BUG_ON() in fill_ablock() and trim_ablock(). Metadata dm-array writes satisfies all three. | |
| Title | dm array: validate array block headers on read | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:44:42.494Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.727Z
Link: CVE-2026-89574
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:41.517
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:41.517
Link: CVE-2026-89574
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-12T15:30:16Z
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