CVE-2026-46023
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm mirror: fix integer overflow in create_dirty_log() The argument count calculation in create_dirty_log() performs `*args_used = 2 + param_count` before validating against argc. When a user provides a param_count close to UINT_MAX via the device mapper table string, this unsigned addition wraps around to a small value, causing the subsequent `argc < *args_used` check to be bypassed. The overflowed param_count is then passed as argc to dm_dirty_log_create(), where it can cause out-of-bounds reads on the argv array. Fix by comparing param_count against argc - 2 before performing the addition, following the same pattern used by parse_features() in the same file. Since argc >= 2 is already guaranteed, the subtraction is safe.
Predictions
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Mitigations
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Windows Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
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| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.86-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 7.0.4-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 7.0.4-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35f6b3281efd44d19110574663bc17a610bc73b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47dad9eea75d33212d3d2cea10e7ed6a1bfc0713
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87c99a50e0fdc68a5b9b52a94d49452cd3ff02ca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17a08791d428885d00e510864283a7b839792368
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c788c6f921b22f9b6c3f316c4a071c05683e7de
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-46023
- https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-46023
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/249c831183fb806c8e3b14c7c4c1d2fb68cf37fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae59b3025609d5a0a39cf5b2b94e2467f6231573
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5e0ae3237584ebef510366c4cb3d5cc7c22b610
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-46023.html
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