dm-pcache: only hand out initialized cache segments
get_cache_segment() scans the segment map up to cache->n_segs, the
physical device segment count, but cache_segs_init() only initializes
the first cache_info->n_segs segments. A crafted image with
cache_info->n_segs smaller than the device count leaves the remaining
pcache_cache_segment structs zeroed (segment.data == NULL), and the
allocator can hand one to cache_kset_close(), which writes through the
returned segment's data pointer with no NULL check.
Bound the allocator's search to cache_info->n_segs so only initialized
segments are ever returned. A conforming cache sets n_segs equal to the
device segment count, so this rejects nothing legitimate.
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: only hand out initialized cache segments get_cache_segment() scans the segment map up to cache->n_segs, the physical device segment count, but cache_segs_init() only initializes the first cache_info->n_segs segments. A crafted image with cache_info->n_segs smaller than the device count leaves the remaining pcache_cache_segment structs zeroed (segment.data == NULL), and the allocator can hand one to cache_kset_close(), which writes through the returned segment's data pointer with no NULL check. Bound the allocator's search to cache_info->n_segs so only initialized segments are ever returned. A conforming cache sets n_segs equal to the device segment count, so this rejects nothing legitimate. | |
| Title | dm-pcache: only hand out initialized cache segments | |
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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 linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:42:24.541Z
Reserved: 2026-08-26T14:34:25.804Z
Link: CVE-2026-80956
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:01.410
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:01.410
Link: CVE-2026-80956
Redhat
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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