Bug 2516633 (CVE-2026-72181) - CVE-2026-72181 kernel: mips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption
Summary: CVE-2026-72181 kernel: mips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72181
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:23 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-18 14:33 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:23:02 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mips: sched: Fix CPUMASK_OFFSTACK memory corruption

This patch addresses a critical memory management flaw. When
CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK is enabled, cpumask_var_t is a pointer.
Consequently, sizeof(new_mask) evaluates to the pointer size, causing
copy_from_user() to clobber the mask pointer. Furthermore, the old
logic performed copy_from_user() before allocating the mask.

Fix this by allocating new_mask first. To handle variable-sized user
masks correctly, use cpumask_size() to truncate overly large user masks
or pad undersized masks with zeros before copying the data directly into
the allocated buffer.


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