Bug 2532509 (CVE-2026-89525) - CVE-2026-89525 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read in UDF virtual partition mapping
Summary: CVE-2026-89525 kernel: Linux kernel: Denial of Service via out-of-bounds read...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89525
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 23:33 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-11 23:55 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 23:33:36 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

udf: reject VAT indexes equal to the entry count

UDF 1.50 virtual partition mapping uses the VAT as an array of physical
block mappings. s_num_entries stores the number of entries in that array,
not the highest valid index. The valid VAT indexes are therefore below
s_num_entries.

udf_get_pblock_virt15() currently rejects only indexes greater than
s_num_entries. A crafted image can request index s_num_entries, pass the
bounds check, and make the kernel read one entry past the allocated VAT table.

Change the check to reject block >= s_num_entries, so the count is handled as
an exclusive upper bound.

A crafted UDF image reproduced this on origin/master commit
0e35b9b6ec0ffcc5e23cbdec09f5c622ad532b53 with a KASAN slab-out-of-bounds
report in udf_get_pblock_virt15().

Trail of Bits has a reproducer that triggers kernel panic demonstrating the bug, and can share it if needed.


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