CVE-2026-93198

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Description

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.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:18:16.097000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:17:10.473000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-93198",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:18:16.097",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:10.473",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndm-pcache: validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load\n\nThe writeback worker follows the persisted dirty_tail chain, which is\ndecoded from the cache device independently of the key_tail chain that\ncache_replay() walks and bounds. A crafted image, whose on-media fields are\nauthenticated only by a crc32c with a fixed seed, can aim dirty_tail at a\nchain of last ksets that never terminates, so cache_writeback_fn() re-arms\nitself with no delay forever.\n\nWalk the dirty_tail chain once at load with the same hop cap cache_replay()\nuses and fail the table load with -EIO if it does not reach an end within\nn_segs hops."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
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      "affectedData": [
        {
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          "programFiles": [
            "drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.c",
            "drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache.h",
            "drivers/md/dm-pcache/cache_key.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
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              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
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          "versions": [
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              "version": "6.18",
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              "version": "0",
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              "versionType": "semver",
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            },
            {
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              "status": "unaffected"
            },
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              "version": "7.2.6",
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              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
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              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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  "metrics": {},
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}