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CVE-2026-72181NVD
Vulnerability Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption
This patch addresses a critical memory management flaw. When
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, cpumask_var_t is a pointer.
Consequently, sizeof(new_mask) evaluates to the pointer size, causing
copy_from_user() to clobber the mask pointer. Furthermore, the old
logic performed copy_from_user() before allocating the mask.
Fix this by allocating new_mask first. To handle variable-sized user
masks correctly, use cpumask_size() to truncate overly large user masks
or pad undersized masks with zeros before copying the data directly into
the allocated buffer.
mips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption
This patch addresses a critical memory management flaw. When
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, cpumask_var_t is a pointer.
Consequently, sizeof(new_mask) evaluates to the pointer size, causing
copy_from_user() to clobber the mask pointer. Furthermore, the old
logic performed copy_from_user() before allocating the mask.
Fix this by allocating new_mask first. To handle variable-sized user
masks correctly, use cpumask_size() to truncate overly large user masks
or pad undersized masks with zeros before copying the data directly into
the allocated buffer.
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics
Attack VectorLocal
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityHigh
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityHigh
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15ba8053fe4162c933855f1676fb321cdb6251c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caee6e084a96ada94658f261ced377d85af3f03
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f7730c03a9deea3ba7a1c980070d363b4ea2046
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3446ffb5d03c36f9ce88ede7ca5be319a2968d96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87a56c1e8e36d06ebe8640432f911538ded7827d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98e37db4a34d3af3fb2f4648295c25b5e40b20e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1dd41d00c57efb1fbc6f361c5f48c9d00cca51c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d20ee42f8226607b5693b2bc2f115ca2d270221a