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

dm-integrity: fix infinite loop on discard with large tag size

When integrity_metadata handles a discard, it fills a buffer with
DISCARD_FILLER and writes it over the tags, max_blocks blocks at a
time. If the kmalloc fails, the buffer is the on-stack array
checksums_onstack and max_size is set to HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE. So if the
tag size is larger than HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE, max_blocks is zero, bi_size
is never decremented and the loop never terminates.

Fix this by using sizeof(checksums_onstack) as max_size. The array has
MAX_TAG_SIZE bytes since commit b93b6643e9b5 ("dm integrity: fix a
crash with unusually large tag size"), so max_blocks is at least 1.
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Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux linux
Vendors & Products Linux linux

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-458

Wed, 28 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix infinite loop on discard with large tag size When integrity_metadata handles a discard, it fills a buffer with DISCARD_FILLER and writes it over the tags, max_blocks blocks at a time. If the kmalloc fails, the buffer is the on-stack array checksums_onstack and max_size is set to HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE. So if the tag size is larger than HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE, max_blocks is zero, bi_size is never decremented and the loop never terminates. Fix this by using sizeof(checksums_onstack) as max_size. The array has MAX_TAG_SIZE bytes since commit b93b6643e9b5 ("dm integrity: fix a crash with unusually large tag size"), so max_blocks is at least 1.
Title dm-integrity: fix infinite loop on discard with large tag size
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-28T10:34:47.902Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.394Z

Link: CVE-2026-99135

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-28T11:17:33.400

Modified: 2026-10-28T11:17:33.400

Link: CVE-2026-99135

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Updated: 2026-10-28T15:45:07Z

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