CVE-2026-80955

dm-pcache: fix use-after-free and invalid seg operations in kset_replay()

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Sep 11, 2026
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
Reserved
Aug 26, 2026

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-pcache: fix use-after-free and invalid seg operations in kset_replay()

In kset_replay, when key->seg_gen is stale (key->seg_gen < key->cache_pos.cache_seg->gen), cache_key_put(key) is called but then key->cache_pos.cache_seg is accessed as the argument to cache_seg_get(). This is a use-after-free on the freed key memory. Although mempool recycled memory is not immediately reclaimed or overwritten in practice, this is still a potential UAF bug.

Additionally, for expired invalid keys, setting the cache->seg_map bit and calling cache_seg_get() is unreasonable since the corresponding segment data is no longer valid.

Fix both issues by moving cache_seg_get() and __set_bit() after the gen check, so they only execute for valid keys, and using continue to skip invalid keys.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to before 1894fc7a3bab90143dcd26ef8ee27040ef4a7501Affected
  • 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to before f39a3e9cc5946473e16d6f5071b2ee0216c56d06Affected
  • 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 to before c2e894eac398b258f12fdec73ed6ba081047f7b3Affected
LinuxLinux
  • 6.18Affected
  • before 6.18Not affected
  • 6.18.50 through 6.18.*Not affected
  • 7.2.4 through 7.2.*Not affected
  • 7.3 and laterNot affected

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