CVE-2026-53043 PUBLISHED

ocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 28.06.2026

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

ocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions()

Patch series "ocfs2/dlm: fix two bugs in dlm_match_regions()".

In dlm_match_regions(), the qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION network message is used to drive loops over the qr_regions buffer without sufficient validation. This series fixes two issues:

  • Patch 1 adds a bounds check to reject messages where qr_numregions exceeds O2NM_MAX_REGIONS. The o2net layer only validates message byte length; it does not constrain field values, so a crafted message can set qr_numregions up to 255 and trigger out-of-bounds reads past the 1024-byte qr_regions buffer.

  • Patch 2 fixes an off-by-one in the local-vs-remote comparison loop, which uses '<=' instead of '<', reading one entry past the valid range even when qr_numregions is within bounds.

This patch (of 2):

The qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION network message is used directly as loop bounds in dlm_match_regions() without checking against O2NM_MAX_REGIONS. Since qr_regions is sized for at most O2NM_MAX_REGIONS (32) entries, a crafted message with qr_numregions > 32 causes out-of-bounds reads past the qr_regions buffer.

Add a bounds check for qr_numregions before entering the loops.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.1

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to d3d5efade0c79dac1cac98c0cb1115432f804439 (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to f69551139caf6d24242a0ad049ee46b264e3aee0 (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to 1f8b91275912cd428289c1fb424bebd7ff5302bd (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to f37de46149db49abd2b24f4f0c5a88cf4dfb5f47 (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to 6c6e8fc3c007319981647b410c29bb5775048551 (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to 3f474c33ebc2e2ca3fcb587d7de4375348f13373 (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to 3c2d0de23ae4be22b6c18e8f0915be74d3b5fb21 (excl.)
  • affected from ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083 to 7ab3fbb01bc6d79091bc375e5235d360cd9b78be (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 2.6.37 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 2.6.37 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.258 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.209 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.175 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.141 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.91 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.33 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.10 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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