{"id":"CVE-2026-80961","revision":"2d3266e79c424bb397cea7511cffb6ec","records":[{"revision":"2d3266e79c424bb397cea7511cffb6ec","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2026-80961","aliases":[],"title":"dm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds\n\nTwo more fields decoded from the cache device go unbounded. The kset\nkey_num drives cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop in cache_replay(),\nthe writeback worker and the GC worker, but only the magic and a\nfixed-seed CRC are checked first, so a non-last kset whose key_num exceeds\nthe PCACHE_KSET_KEYS_MAX buffer reads past its end before the CRC compare.\nA key's intra-segment offset and length in cache_key_decode() are taken\nverbatim, so a key running past its segment is replayed into the cache\ntree and the data CRC check and every later read hit then copy adjacent\npersistent memory into the caller's bio -- an out-of-bounds read that\nleaks to user space. Both fields are controlled by whoever supplies the\ncache device (CAP_SYS_ADMIN); the CRC seed is public.\n\nAdd kset_onmedia_valid() to bound key_num before any kset read, and\nreject a key whose offset plus length, computed in 64 bits, exceeds the\nsegment data_size. Valid metadata is unaffected.","state":0,"publishedAt":"2026-09-11T19:42:27.847+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-19T08:45:45.271+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h\",\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c\",\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c\",\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"d8caf96040a06096276ab72f5e1e8547c014c564\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5ac38f4b4862fad6e7270fde5c3356a822ce74ca\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"f11deb032fd84081e7831cffcba895d893054a22\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h\",\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_gc.c\",\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c\",\n                        \"drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_writeback.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"6.18\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.18.50\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.18.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.2.4\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"7.2.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"7.3\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[{"system":"CVSS 3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH"}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8caf96040a06096276ab72f5e1e8547c014c564","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ac38f4b4862fad6e7270fde5c3356a822ce74ca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f11deb032fd84081e7831cffcba895d893054a22"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-80961","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2026-80961","identifiers":["CVE-2026-80961"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}