CVE-2026-53059

dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC
Updated: September 4, 2026 at 03:36 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow The local variable region_count in create_log_context() is declared as unsigned int (32-bit), but dm_sector_div_up() returns sector_t (64-bit). When a device-mapper target has a sufficiently large ti->len with a small region_size, the division result can exceed UINT_MAX. The truncated value is then used to calculate bitset_size, causing clean_bits, sync_bits, and recovering_bits to be allocated far smaller than needed for the actual number of regions. Subsequent log operations (log_set_bit, log_clear_bit, log_test_bit) use region indices derived from the full untruncated region space, causing out-of-bounds writes to kernel heap memory allocated by vmalloc. This can be reproduced by creating a mirror target whose region_count overflows 32 bits: dmsetup create bigzero --table '0 8589934594 zero' dmsetup create mymirror --table '0 8589934594 mirror \ core 2 2 nosync 2 /dev/mapper/bigzero 0 \ /dev/mapper/bigzero 0' The status output confirms the truncation (sync_count=1 instead of 4294967297, because 0x100000001 was truncated to 1): $ dmsetup status mymirror 0 8589934594 mirror 2 254:1 254:1 1/4294967297 ... This leads to a kernel crash in core_in_sync: BUG: scheduling while atomic: (udev-worker)/9150/0x00000000 RIP: 0010:core_in_sync+0x14/0x30 [dm_log] CR2: 0000000000000008 Fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed! Fix by widening the local region_count to sector_t and adding an explicit overflow check before the value is assigned to lc->region_count.

Affected

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

2.6.12 ≤ v < 5.10.2582.6.12 ≤ v < 5.15.2092.6.12 ≤ v < 6.1.1752.6.12 ≤ v < 6.12.912.6.12 ≤ v < 6.18.332.6.12 ≤ v < 6.6.1412.6.12 ≤ v < 7.0.102.6.12 ≤ v < 7.12.6.12.1 ≤ v < 5.10.2585.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2095.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1756.13 ≤ v < 6.18.336.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1416.7 ≤ v < 6.12.911da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac22.6.122.6.12 rc22.6.12 rc32.6.12 rc42.6.12 rc5
Vendor states this is fixed in 12bd5b88e91a02785244ff1d20fb157e96e9cdc8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3ec74da927b4e171a6fc0e77b1188ba4d019af51 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 44ab8875ae4a2842bde2d756bed195d375e0debb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4ec8323b9f0764a14d532b1ae9b87f8a9fecb867 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b455903eed4558982be0811f5b7f44f6bbc4ff57 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c20e36b7631d83e7535877f08af8b0af72c44b1a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d4ac87567f86a55c3c92e9a5144dcd943a9772a1 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in defe483e47173768c227532694dc78cb65db5f09 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.258 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.209 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.175 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.141 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.10.0-1160.159.1.el7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:3.10.0-1160.159.1.rt56.1311.el7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-305.200.1.el8_4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-372.206.1.el8_6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-477.158.1.el8_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:4.18.0-553.147.1.rt7.488.el8_10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-284.188.1.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-284.188.1.rt14.473.el9_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-570.135.1.el9_6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:5.14.0-687.30.1.el9_8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-211.39.1.el10_2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0:6.12.0-55.98.1.el10_0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unknown)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-190CWE-787

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