CVE-2026-90052

HIGHPre-NVD 7.87.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 7.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-09-17. A secondary CVSS source baseline 7.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
7.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan mitigationSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS: 7.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow with keyed discard

Since commit 68c5c42567bc ("dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker"), integrity_metadata computes a checksum for every discarded block into the "checksums" buffer. integrity_sector_checksum always writes the whole digest. So if the tag size is smaller than the digest size, the checksum of the last block that fits into the buffer is written past the end of it. For example, with hmac(sha256) and tag size 16, a 4MiB discard writes 16 bytes past the kmalloc'ed page.

Fix this by subtracting extra_space from the buffer size when computing max_blocks, like we do for writes.

CVSS v3
7.8
EG Score
7.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity78% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.
EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
7th
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track or Attend at high (mission-essential systems).

No fix is confirmed yet. Restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation within your standard update timelines at low or medium mission impact and sooner than that at high, and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix.

Exploitation none (no KEV listing, exploit record or EPSS ≥ 50%) · Automatable unknown (not published for this CVE) · Technical impact partial (CVSS below 9.0). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 18, 2026

Advisory Details (3)

Auto-updated Sep 18, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow with keyed discard - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd08a645195f410f2dcaa40de379a45ce110e873
generic

dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow with keyed discard - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9988c1c9e0d1c78391e3d8e2817beb667470c76f
generic

dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow with keyed discard - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59e6f919d77d72ec79cbf171256f2f7819737580

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-90052(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 28× in last 7d / 75× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-05 06:02 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-05 06:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-04 19:08 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-04 08:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-10-03 21:20 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-10-03 21:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-10-03 10:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-02 23:31 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-10-02 23:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-10-02 12:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-02 01:36 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-02 01:36 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-10-01 14:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-01 03:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-30 16:53 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-30 16:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-30 05:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-29 18:23 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-29 18:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-29 06:33 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-29 06:33 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-28 19:38 UTCEG score recompute
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  1. 2026-09-28 19:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  2. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-28 08:35 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-09-27 21:41 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-27 21:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-27 10:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-26 23:37 UTCEG score recompute
  10. 2026-09-26 23:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-09-26 12:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-26 01:46 UTCEG score recompute
  14. 2026-09-26 01:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-25 14:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-25 03:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-09-24 16:59 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-24 16:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-24 06:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-09-23 19:11 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-23 19:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-09-23 07:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-22 20:37 UTCEG score recompute
  26. 2026-09-22 20:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  27. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-09-22 09:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  29. 2026-09-21 22:49 UTCEG score recompute
  30. 2026-09-21 22:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
  31. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-09-21 11:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  33. 2026-09-21 01:01 UTCEG score recompute
  34. 2026-09-21 01:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-09-20 20:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-09-20 14:07 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-09-20 03:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  38. 2026-09-19 16:19 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-09-19 16:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  40. 2026-09-19 05:25 UTCEG score recompute
  41. 2026-09-19 05:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  42. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-09-18 18:31 UTCEG score recompute
  44. 2026-09-18 18:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  45. 2026-09-18 18:06 UTCEG score recompute▲ 7.80
  46. 2026-09-18 18:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  47. 2026-09-18 17:59 UTCMITRE cvelistV5CVSS v3 → 7.8 · severity → HIGH
  48. 2026-09-17 17:23 UTCNVD update
  49. 2026-09-17 16:54 UTCEG score recompute
  50. 2026-09-17 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-90052?
CVE-2026-90052 is a high vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow with keyed discard Since commit 68c5c42567bc ("dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker"), integrity_metadata computes a checksum for every discarded block into the…
When was CVE-2026-90052 disclosed?
CVE-2026-90052 was first published on September 17, 2026, with the most recent update on September 18, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-90052 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-90052 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (7th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-90052?
CVE-2026-90052 has a CVSS base score of 7.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-90052?
No fix for CVE-2026-90052 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-90052 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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