CVE-2026-80959

Updated on 11 Sep 2026

Severity

7.8 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Overview

About vulnerability

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

dm-pcache: bound the persisted tail-position offset

cache_pos_decode() takes the persisted key_tail and dirty_tail seg_off from the cache device and addresses within the segment with it. A seg_off at or past the segment data_size, controllable by whoever supplies the device (CAP_SYS_ADMIN), reads past the segment data.

Reject a decoded seg_off that is not below the segment data_size.

Details

Affected product:
Debian 10 ELS , Debian 11 ELS
Affected packages:
linux @ 4.19.0 (+1 more)