Bug 2507054 (CVE-2026-64323)

Summary: CVE-2026-64323 kernel: udf: validate VAT header length against the VAT inode size
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Universal Disk Format (UDF) filesystem. A local attacker could craft a malicious UDF image with a specially formed Virtual Allocation Table (VAT) header. When this image is mounted, the kernel fails to properly validate the VAT header length against the VAT inode size. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read, potentially causing a system crash or information disclosure.
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-25 10:02:36 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

udf: validate VAT header length against the VAT inode size

udf_load_vat() takes the virtual partition's start offset straight from
the on-disk VAT 2.0 header without checking it against the VAT inode
size:

	map->s_type_specific.s_virtual.s_start_offset =
		le16_to_cpu(vat20->lengthHeader);
	map->s_type_specific.s_virtual.s_num_entries =
		(sbi->s_vat_inode->i_size -
			map->s_type_specific.s_virtual.s_start_offset) >> 2;

lengthHeader is a fully attacker-controlled 16-bit value.  If it exceeds
the VAT inode size, the s_num_entries subtraction underflows to a huge
count, which defeats the "block > s_num_entries" bound in
udf_get_pblock_virt15(); and on the ICB-inline path that function reads

	((__le32 *)(iinfo->i_data + s_start_offset))[block]

so a large s_start_offset indexes past the inode's in-ICB data.  Mounting
a crafted UDF image with a virtual (VAT) partition then triggers an
out-of-bounds read.

Reject a VAT whose header length does not leave room for at least one
entry within the VAT inode.
Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-29 18:26:19 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026072512-CVE-2026-64323-0fd2@gregkh/T