In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: validate sparing table length as an entry count, not a byte count udf_load_sparable_map() accepts a sparing table when sizeof(*st) + le16_to_cpu(st->reallocationTableLen) > sb->s_blocksize is false, i.e. it treats reallocationTableLen as a number of BYTES that must fit in the block. But the table is walked as an array of 8-byte sparingEntry elements: for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(st->reallocationTableLen); i++) { struct sparingEntry *entry = &st->mapEntry[i]; ... entry->origLocation ... } in udf_get_pblock_spar15() and udf_relocate_blocks(). A reallocationTableLen of N therefore passes the check whenever sizeof(*st) + N <= blocksize, yet the consumers index sizeof(*st) + N * sizeof(struct sparingEntry) bytes -- up to ~8x the block. On a crafted UDF image this is an out-of-bounds read in udf_get_pblock_spar15(); udf_relocate_blocks() additionally feeds the same length to udf_update_tag(), whose crc_itu_t() reads far past the block, and its memmove() through st->mapEntry[] is an out-of-bounds write. Validate reallocationTableLen as the entry count it is, with struct_size().
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04f4599a9efb90992d072a814960edf0cd62805d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9b79a951cfd70a9d31ca01ae2d08a20bb730e9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a219acb2ce674d99bbd1b7b35ed8c384dac7200 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d726135099313958f8975532a2e15322ff150ce Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec997bd5508e9b25210b5bbec89031629cdb093 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7285276aa50d2839afb5957ffd491ad282dc8f72 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f7774b9da0ef17b87bfa238cf966ad0b3376150 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb0f3e193f8e523d03e4c9e084f6b4875f50e8e Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 2
- StatusAnalyzed → ModifiedNVD modified 2026-10-19 21:17
- First seenCVSS 7.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-16 16:19
Affected (CPE criteria) 5
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.5:-:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.5:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.5:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.5:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04f4599a9efb90992d072a814960edf0cd62805d Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9b79a951cfd70a9d31ca01ae2d08a20bb730e9 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a219acb2ce674d99bbd1b7b35ed8c384dac7200 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d726135099313958f8975532a2e15322ff150ce Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec997bd5508e9b25210b5bbec89031629cdb093 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7285276aa50d2839afb5957ffd491ad282dc8f72 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f7774b9da0ef17b87bfa238cf966ad0b3376150 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb0f3e193f8e523d03e4c9e084f6b4875f50e8e Patch