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CVE-2026-80957

dm-pcache: detect a cycle in the last-kset chain during replay PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: detect a cycle in the last-kset chain during replay cache_replay() follows the on-media last-kset chain by next_cache_seg_id with no cond_resched(). A forged chain that points back into a segment it has already visited makes the replay loop follow it forever. Cap the last-kset hops at cache->n_segs; a valid chain visits each segment at most once.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 before 663ee2f3824a505b983162de44134e789f8230da; affected 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 before 5311dfc5cd70edccd110257e3f30b2c1dcd3768d; affected 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0 before 16c3b3a326e70f246a605b3dc27b7f83ba4743e3
Linux / Linuxaffected 6.18; unaffected 0 before 6.18; unaffected 6.18.50 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.2.4 through 7.2.*; unaffected 7.3 through *

CWE

No CWE identifiers supplied.

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