CVE-2026-45991

udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: May 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping Mounting a crafted UDF image with repeated partition descriptors can trigger a heap out-of-bounds write in part_descs_loc[]. handle_partition_descriptor() deduplicates entries by partition number, but appended slots never record partnum. As a result duplicate Partition Descriptors are appended repeatedly and num_part_descs keeps growing. Once the table is full, the growth path still sizes the allocation from partnum even though inserts are indexed by num_part_descs. If partnum is already aligned to PART_DESC_ALLOC_STEP, ALIGN(partnum, step) can keep the old capacity and the next append writes past the end of the table. Store partnum in the appended slot and size growth from the next append count so deduplication and capacity tracking follow the same model.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

4.18.7 ≤ v < 4.194.19.1 ≤ v < 6.6.1406.13 ≤ v < 7.0.46.7 ≤ v < 6.12.884.18.74.194.19 rc24.19 rc34.19 rc44.19 rc54.19 rc64.19 rc74.19 rc87f401f160a9c7a1ff84ba3cb9b2f636d1f5cfb6bee4af50ca94f58afc3532662779b9cf80bbe27c8
Vendor states this is fixed in 058b451b1039f056d1362c4fec2229e522366ab0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 08841b06fa64d8edbd1a21ca6e613420c90cc4b8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 08fa5d818e5bf53c7ca234d88ba334f32004e9b6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 68013a9bd4c01acd42073715f00e1a1992f089ee (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ad3c0c4400686f6f37b382aaa48fac2b9aefccbe (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b5597bb83fc37b5b5da74a4453fa920b932cf39a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e8474cfbac9ada2cdaa4eaedec22aadfa0f58559 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.259 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.210 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.176 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.88 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.57 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.140 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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