dm-pcache: validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load
The writeback worker follows the persisted dirty_tail chain, which is
decoded from the cache device independently of the key_tail chain that
cache_replay() walks and bounds. A crafted image, whose on-media fields are
authenticated only by a crc32c with a fixed seed, can aim dirty_tail at a
chain of last ksets that never terminates, so cache_writeback_fn() re-arms
itself with no delay forever.
Walk the dirty_tail chain once at load with the same hop cap cache_replay()
uses and fail the table load with -EIO if it does not reach an end within
n_segs hops.
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| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load The writeback worker follows the persisted dirty_tail chain, which is decoded from the cache device independently of the key_tail chain that cache_replay() walks and bounds. A crafted image, whose on-media fields are authenticated only by a crc32c with a fixed seed, can aim dirty_tail at a chain of last ksets that never terminates, so cache_writeback_fn() re-arms itself with no delay forever. Walk the dirty_tail chain once at load with the same hop cap cache_replay() uses and fail the table load with -EIO if it does not reach an end within n_segs hops. | |
| Title | dm-pcache: validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-17T16:12:20.439Z
Reserved: 2026-09-17T16:02:15.092Z
Link: CVE-2026-93198
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