CVE-2026-90333

dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker

N/A
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:08 PM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:20 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker The discard-block check in dm_integrity_rw_tag() treats a stored tag of all 0xf6 bytes (DISCARD_FILLER) as proof a block was discarded and skips HMAC verification. allow_discards is only accepted in dm-integrity's standalone mode. An attacker with raw write access to the backing device, but without the integrity key, can stamp any block with an all-0xf6 tag and have it served as authentic. Add a new "allow_discards_keyed" target argument that marks discarded blocks with a keyed checksum of (salt || sector) instead, computed by integrity_discard_checksum().

Affected

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

5.784597a44a9d86ac949900441cea7da0af0f2f473
Vendor states this is fixed in 5c58ea19a909ef6bed4f0f824e9cd7e30d7e4775 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6228722c27304e4682cddc1fede03898f87e4414 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 68c5c42567bc462139128968ebbfadd0aefff519 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.52 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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