In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm mirror: fix integer...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm mirror: fix integer overflow in create_dirty_log()
The argument count calculation in create_dirty_log() performs
*args_used = 2 + param_count before validating against argc. When a
user provides a param_count close to UINT_MAX via the device mapper
table string, this unsigned addition wraps around to a small value,
causing the subsequent argc < *args_used check to be bypassed.
The overflowed param_count is then passed as argc to dm_dirty_log_create(), where it can cause out-of-bounds reads on the argv array.
Fix by comparing param_count against argc - 2 before performing the addition, following the same pattern used by parse_features() in the same file. Since argc >= 2 is already guaranteed, the subtraction is safe.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46023
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a08791d428885d00e510864283a7b839792368
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f6b3281efd44d19110574663bc17a610bc73b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47dad9eea75d33212d3d2cea10e7ed6a1bfc0713
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c788c6f921b22f9b6c3f316c4a071c05683e7de
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87c99a50e0fdc68a5b9b52a94d49452cd3ff02ca
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f54w-pgr9-9wv8