CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-93198

Unknown
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the dm-pcache module does not validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load. A crafted image, whose on-media fields are authenticated only by a crc32c with a fixed seed, can aim dirty_tail at a chain of last ksets that never terminates, causing cache_writeback_fn() to re-arm itself forever. The fix adds validation of the dirty_tail chain at load with a hop cap.

Risk Assessment

A crafted cache image can hang or loop the writeback process, leading to denial of service (DoS) on the system. It requires access to a cache device with malicious content.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing dirty_tail chain validation at dm-pcache table load with an n_segs hop cap.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load The writeback worker follows the persisted dirty_tail chain, which is decoded from the cache device independently of the key_tail chain that cache_replay() walks and bounds. A crafted image, whose on-media fields are authenticated only by a crc32c with a fixed seed, can aim dirty_tail at a chain of last ksets that never terminates, so cache_writeback_fn() re-arms itself with no delay forever. Walk the dirty_tail chain once at load with the same hop cap cache_replay() uses and fail the table load with -EIO if it does not reach an end within n_segs hops.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS