CVE-2026-46023CWE-190

CVE-2026-46023

Medium · published May 27, 2026

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

dm mirror: fix integer overflow in create_dirty_log()

The argument count calculation in create_dirty_log() performs

`*args_used = 2 + param_count` before validating against argc. When a

user provides a param_count close to UINT_MAX via the device mapper

table string, this unsigned addition wraps around to a small value,

causing the subsequent `argc < *args_used` check to be bypassed.

The overflowed param_count is then passed as argc to dm_dirty_log_create(),

where it can cause out-of-bounds reads on the argv array.

Fix by comparing param_count against argc - 2 before performing the

addition, following the same pattern used by parse_features() in the

same file. Since argc >= 2 is already guaranteed, the subtraction is

safe.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00177 · 6.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2026-05-27T18:17Z
Affected products (12)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 2.6.12.1, < 5.10.2585.10.258
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.2095.15.209
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1756.1.175
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1406.6.140
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.866.12.86
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.276.18.27
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.47.0.4
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References (9)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 27 MAY 12:56Z
    dm mirror: fix integer overflow in create_dirty_log()
    cvelistv5