CVE-2026-64449

staging: vme_user: bound slave read/write to the kern_buf size

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:51 AM UTC
Updated: September 3, 2026 at 03:44 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vme_user: bound slave read/write to the kern_buf size The SLAVE-path helpers buffer_to_user() and buffer_from_user() copy 'count' bytes into/out of the fixed-size kern_buf (size_buf == PCI_BUF_SIZE == 0x20000, 128 KiB) using *ppos as the offset, without bounding *ppos + count against size_buf. vme_user_write()/vme_user_read() only clamp count to the VME window size (image_size = vme_get_size(resource)), which VME_SET_SLAVE sets from the user-supplied slave.size -- validated against the VME address space (up to VME_A32_MAX = 4 GiB), not against PCI_BUF_SIZE. When the window exceeds 128 KiB, a write()/read() copies past the kern_buf allocation. Clamp count against size_buf in both helpers, with an early return when *ppos is already at/after the buffer end. *ppos is >= 0 here (the caller rejects negative offsets), so size_buf - *ppos cannot wrap. This mirrors the existing clamp in the MASTER-path helpers resource_to_user() / resource_from_user(), and matches the read()/write() convention of a short transfer at end-of-buffer. Found by static analysis (CodeQL taint tracking + CBMC bounded model checking) and confirmed dynamically under KASAN with the vme_fake bridge: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _copy_from_user+0x2d/0x80 Write of size 262144 at addr ffff888004100000 by task trigger/68 _copy_from_user+0x2d/0x80 vme_user_write+0x13e/0x240 [vme_user] vfs_write+0x1b8/0x7a0 ksys_write+0xb8/0x150

Affected

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

2.6.32 ≤ v < 6.1.1782.6.32 ≤ v < 6.12.962.6.32 ≤ v < 6.18.392.6.32 ≤ v < 6.6.1452.6.32 ≤ v < 7.1.42.6.32 ≤ v < 7.26.13 ≤ v < 6.18.396.19 ≤ v < 7.1.46.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1456.7 ≤ v < 6.12.967.2 rc17.2 rc2f00a86d98a1ec3e99d352cda926fab767ba43b1f
Vendor states this is fixed in 1b495fa0d4927c88d88bf346bf311f2e26e860ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 65358d89dc9f1c25d9364b2b3ef0f3b47717f9ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8eff7cd4817e14dbe3b9952cce55ef52d1d38940 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9f32f38265014fac7f5dc9490fb01a638ce6e121 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in adc8b9c30d716c362646edb45662aa1c641a154a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e99f2df433c63c86c93de1e5f08f16e404388756 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.32 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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