In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer The auto-generated integrity buffer for writes needs to be fully initialized before being passed to the underlying block device, otherwise the uninitialized memory can be read back by userspace or anyone with physical access to the storage device. If protection information is generated, that portion of the integrity buffer is already initialized. The integrity data is also zeroed if PI generation is disabled via sysfs or the PI tuple size is 0. However, this misses the case where PI is generated and the PI tuple size is nonzero, but the metadata size is larger than the PI tuple. In this case, the remainder ("opaque") of the metadata is left uninitialized. Generalize the BLK_INTEGRITY_CSUM_NONE check to cover any case when the metadata is larger than just the PI tuple.
Fix
Public exploits 1
- George0Papasotiriou/CVE-2026-23007-Serverless-Cold-Start-Memory-Remanence-Data-Leakage- PoC on GitHub
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Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca22c566b89164f6e670af56ecc45f47ef3df819 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6072557b90e0c557df319a56f4a9dc482706d2c Patch
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Change history 5
- CwesCWE-908NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:18
- Cpes+10 CPE criteria (now 10)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:18
- StatusPublished → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:18
- CVSS5.5 (v3.1, CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)NVD modified 2026-10-21 13:18
- First seenunscored · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:38
Affected (CPE criteria) 10
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.11:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.19:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:*