CVE-2026-97991

vdpa_sim_blk: reject out-of-range sector starts

CVE-2026-97991 is fixed in 40 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97991, released September 29, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0012
1st percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa_sim_blk: reject out-of-range sector starts vdpasim_blk_check_range() logs an invalid start sector but continues validating the request. The subsequent unsigned capacity subtraction can underflow and let an out-of-range buffer offset reach the data path. The invalid offset is used by three request paths. VIRTIO_BLK_T_OUT copies guest data to blk->buffer + offset through vringh_iov_pull_iotlb(), causing an out-of-bounds write in _copy_from_iter() or memcpy(). VIRTIO_BLK_T_IN copies from blk->buffer + offset to the guest through vringh_iov_push_iotlb(), causing an out-of-bounds read in _copy_to_iter(). VIRTIO_BLK_T_WRITE_ZEROES passes blk->buffer + offset to memset(), causing an out-of-bounds write. Reject starts at or beyond the capacity before the subtraction. Treat the capacity boundary as invalid because the IN and OUT paths round byte counts down to sectors for validation but later copy the original byte counts. A sub-sector request at the capacity boundary would otherwise still access past the end of the buffer. I found this bug myself, though the patch was written with AI assistance.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
bpftool · ol 8 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek ELSA-2026-500574 Nov 7, 2026
bpftool · ol 9 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek ELSA-2026-500574 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-uek · ol 9 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek ELSA-2026-500574 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-uek-container · ol 9 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek ELSA-2026-500574 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-uek-core · ol 8 0:5.15.0-326.222.4.el9uek ELSA-2026-500574 Nov 7, 2026
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kernel-uek64k-modules-wireless · ol 9 0:6.12.0-207.111.5.1.el9uek ELSA-2026-500374 Oct 7, 2026
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.190-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97991 Sep 29, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97991 Sep 29, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97991 Sep 29, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97991 Sep 29, 2026

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