CVE-2026-98868 PUBLISHED

dm-pcache: reject a kset that overruns its segment

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 25.09.2026 Published: 18.10.2026 Updated: 18.10.2026

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

dm-pcache: reject a kset that overruns its segment

cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker read a kset of get_kset_onmedia_size() bytes and advance the position by it. A forged key_num makes that size exceed the segment's remaining space, so the advance walks past the segment and trips the cache_pos_advance() BUG_ON.

Reject a kset whose on-media size exceeds cache_seg_remain() before use.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to 01a700e9278da5706c865b9ca3ae70fdb7b4531d (excl.)
  • affected from 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to 96e2863b1f81ea61b8d8d5d5a45d3b4c018f8e10 (excl.)
  • affected from 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to 7ac1f10f987a2ffae4aecf0e2ceca8f552b665cb (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.18 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.18 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.10 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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