CVE-2026-80961

Public on 2026-09-11
Modified on 2026-09-15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds

Two more fields decoded from the cache device go unbounded. The kset
key_num drives cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop in cache_replay(),
the writeback worker and the GC worker, but only the magic and a
fixed-seed CRC are checked first, so a non-last kset whose key_num exceeds
the PCACHE_KSET_KEYS_MAX buffer reads past its end before the CRC compare.
A key's intra-segment offset and length in cache_key_decode() are taken
verbatim, so a key running past its segment is replayed into the cache
tree and the data CRC check and every later read hit then copy adjacent
persistent memory into the caller's bio -- an out-of-bounds read that
leaks to user space. Both fields are controlled by whoever supplies the
cache device (CAP_SYS_ADMIN); the CRC seed is public.

Add kset_onmedia_valid() to bound key_num before any kset read, and
reject a key whose offset plus length, computed in 64 bits, exceeds the
segment data_size. Valid metadata is unaffected.
Severity
Low severity
Low
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CVSS v3 Base Score
2.3
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.10 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.15 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2 - Kernel-5.4 Extra kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.12 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel6.18 Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2027 Preview kernel7.1 Not Affected

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 2.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N