CVE-2026-93074

dax/fsdev: use __va(phys) for kaddr in direct_access

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 17, 2026 at 04:10 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dax/fsdev: use __va(phys) for kaddr in direct_access Use __va(phys) instead of virt_addr + linear_offset for the kaddr return in __fsdev_dax_direct_access(). The previous code added a device-linear byte offset to virt_addr (which is __va of ranges[0]), but for multi-range devices with physical gaps between ranges, this linear arithmetic crosses the gap and produces a wrong kernel virtual address. Using __va(phys) where phys comes from dax_pgoff_to_phys() is correct for any range layout because the direct map translates each physical address independently. This leaves dev_dax->virt_addr write-only, so remove the field (suggested by Dave Jiang).

Affected

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

7.1759455848df0b9ac3acabdbedcdc4a55af67935f
Vendor states this is fixed in 7b642bd3d39105eef4d5908970726c5fda291b53 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ff7c73fca793bd5c29a15ba735b0886f62f3a840 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (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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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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