CVE Watchtower

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CVE-2026-93201NVD

Vulnerability Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-pcache: validate seg_id fields from persistent memory

cache_pos_decode(), cache_key_decode() and the last-kset branches of
cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker take a cache
segment id from the cache device metadata and index cache->segments[]
with it without checking it against cache->n_segs. That metadata is only
CRC-protected with a fixed public seed, so whoever supplies the cache
device on a table load (CAP_SYS_ADMIN) controls the id; an out-of-range
value forms a wild pcache_cache_segment pointer that is dereferenced and
written through -- an out-of-bounds read and write driven by on-disk data.

Add cache_seg_id_valid() and reject an out-of-range id at each decode
site, failing the operation with -EIO instead of indexing past the array.
Bound the id against the initialized-segment count (cache_info.n_segs)
rather than the physical device total. A forged cache_info.n_segs below
seg_num otherwise leaves segments[cache_info.n_segs..seg_num) as zeroed
structs whose data pointer is NULL, so a forged id in that window would
still be dereferenced. A later patch guarantees cache_info.n_segs <=
seg_num, and a driver-created cache sets the two equal, so valid images
are unaffected.
Severity Level
HIGH(7.8)
Published Date
Sep 17, 2026
Last Modified
Sep 18, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.11%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
N/A
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.8 (HIGH)
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • Linux Linux >= 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 and < b4bf8af5e7d7db4c5e179e15017da55857761ac4
  • Linux Linux >= 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 and < 90c990a68460d7b5720e5634cf650eccdf0f4098
  • Linux Linux >= 6.18
Patched Versions
  • Linux Linux b4bf8af5e7d7db4c5e179e15017da55857761ac4
  • Linux Linux 90c990a68460d7b5720e5634cf650eccdf0f4098
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