CVE-2026-80955

CVE-2026-80955

High · published September 12, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

dm-pcache: fix use-after-free and invalid seg operations in kset_replay()

In kset_replay, when key->seg_gen is stale (key->seg_gen <

key->cache_pos.cache_seg->gen), cache_key_put(key) is called but then

key->cache_pos.cache_seg is accessed as the argument to cache_seg_get().

This is a use-after-free on the freed key memory. Although mempool

recycled memory is not immediately reclaimed or overwritten in practice,

this is still a potential UAF bug.

Additionally, for expired invalid keys, setting the cache->seg_map bit

and calling cache_seg_get() is unreasonable since the corresponding

segment data is no longer valid.

Fix both issues by moving cache_seg_get() and __set_bit() after the

gen check, so they only execute for valid keys, and using continue to

skip invalid keys.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.9th percentile
Published
2026-09-12T00:19Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 SEP 03:23Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 11 SEP 19:42Z
    dm-pcache: fix use-after-free and invalid seg operations in kset_replay()
    cvelistv5