CVE-2026-99063
dm ioctl: don't let data_start run past the buffer
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm ioctl: don't let data_start run past the buffer struct dm_ioctl has seven bytes of trailing padding, so the smallest buffer userspace is allowed to ask for, offsetof(struct dm_ioctl, data), is seven bytes shorter than sizeof(struct dm_ioctl). get_result_buffer() sets data_start to sizeof(struct dm_ioctl) without looking at how big the buffer actually is. Ask for the minimum and data_start ends up seven bytes past the end. Callers add it to data_size, and ctl_ioctl() copies that much back to userspace: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_to_user+0xad/0xd0 Read of size 312 at addr ffff8880169e4c00 by task repro-dm/140 ctl_ioctl+0x5e3/0xcb0 dm_ctl_ioctl+0x25/0x40 allocated 305-byte region [ffff8880169e4c00, ffff8880169e4d31) A DM_LIST_DEVICES with data_size set to 305 is enough to hit it, and the seven bytes that leak are whatever sat next to the allocation. Clamp data_start to the buffer size. Note that this is not a security bug because the out-of-bounds read can only be triggered by root.
Affected products and packages
CNA (CVE.org)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | affected: 76c072b48e39e9291fbf02d6c912cf27d65e093d … < 98195e822343a656b92e235847ab3e72b1a3f920 affected: 76c072b48e39e9291fbf02d6c912cf27d65e093d … < e5c3f3d8935ecc64c962fb66e6a86dbf79218f61 affected: 76c072b48e39e9291fbf02d6c912cf27d65e093d … < 5680b6fb3054677d4ee65d3baba24b649f1b430e affected: 76c072b48e39e9291fbf02d6c912cf27d65e093d … < 725b49c689bbb29ef740b0d6b5ea9390baa9a695 affected: 76c072b48e39e9291fbf02d6c912cf27d65e093d … < 9b3fcf519d370df94a56f3b272d9eddffffa5be8 default: unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | affected: 2.6.25 unaffected: 0 … < 2.6.25 unaffected: 6.6.160 … <= 6.6.* unaffected: 6.12.113 … <= 6.12.* unaffected: 6.18.57 … <= 6.18.* unaffected: 7.2.11 … <= 7.2.* unaffected: 7.3 … <= * default: affected |
Open-source packages (GitHub Advisory / OSV)
dm ioctl: don't let data_start run past the buffer
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| >= 76c072b48e39e9291fbf02d6c912cf27d65e093d, < 98195e822343a656b92e235847ab3e72b1a3f920; < e5c3f3d8935ecc64c962fb66e6a86dbf79218f61; < 5680b6fb3054677d4ee65d3baba24b649f1b430e; < 725b49c689bbb29ef740b0d6b5ea9390baa9a695; < 9b3fcf519d370df94a56f3b272d9eddffffa5be8 | 98195e822343a656b92e235847ab3e72b1a3f920, e5c3f3d8935ecc64c962fb66e6a86dbf79218f61, 5680b6fb3054677d4ee65d3baba24b649f1b430e, 725b49c689bbb29ef740b0d6b5ea9390baa9a695, 9b3fcf519d370df94a56f3b272d9eddffffa5be8 | ||
| Linux | Kernel | >= 2.6.25, < 6.6.160; >= 6.7.0, < 6.12.113; >= 6.13.0, < 6.18.57; >= 6.19.0, < 7.2.11 | 6.6.160, 6.12.113, 6.18.57, 7.2.11 |
Linux distribution status
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5680b6fb3054677d4ee65d3baba24b649f1b430e NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/725b49c689bbb29ef740b0d6b5ea9390baa9a695 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/98195e822343a656b92e235847ab3e72b1a3f920 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b3fcf519d370df94a56f3b272d9eddffffa5be8 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5c3f3d8935ecc64c962fb66e6a86dbf79218f61 NVD, CNA, OSV
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/99xxx/CVE-2026-99063.json OSV
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99063 OSV