Bug 2554919 (CVE-2026-98533)

Summary:	CVE-2026-98533 kernel: ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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OS:	Linux
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Integrity Policy Enforcement (IPE) subsystem. When dm-verity updates a root hash, the old hash can be freed while concurrent policy evaluation operations are still accessing it. A local attacker could exploit this use-after-free condition to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS) via a system crash or potentially cause memory corruption.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-18 15:32:35 UTC

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

ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU

ipe_bdev_setintegrity() frees the old root hash when dm-verity publishes
a new one on ->preresume, while policy evaluation can still be
dereferencing it.

Protect the root hash with RCU. The evaluation path already runs under
rcu_read_lock().

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