CVE-2026-64317
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
isofs: bound Rock Ridge symlink components to the SL record
get_symlink_chunk() and the SL handling in
parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal() walk the variable-length components of
a Rock Ridge "SL" (symbolic link) record. Each component is a two-byte
header (flags, len) followed by len bytes of text, so it occupies
slp->len + 2 bytes. Both loops read slp->len and advance to the next
component, and get_symlink_chunk() additionally does
memcpy(rpnt, slp->text, slp->len), but neither checks that the component
lies within the SL record before dereferencing it.
A crafted SL record whose component declares a len that runs past the
record (rr->len) therefore triggers an out-of-bounds read of up to 255
bytes. When the record sits at the tail of its backing buffer - for
example a small kmalloc()ed continuation block reached through a CE
record - the read crosses the allocation; get_symlink_chunk() then
copies the out-of-bounds bytes into the symlink body returned to user
space by readlink(), disclosing adjacent kernel memory.
ISO 9660 images are routinely mounted from untrusted removable media -
desktop environments auto-mount them (e.g. via udisks2) without
CAP_SYS_ADMIN - so the record contents are attacker-controlled.
Reject any component that does not fit in the remaining record bytes
before using it. In get_symlink_chunk() return NULL, like the existing
output-buffer (plimit) checks, so a malformed record makes readlink()
fail with -EIO rather than silently returning a truncated target; in
parse_rock_ridge_inode_internal() stop the inode-size walk.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 1015e1c4b2fadd9c09704e24738e46598778c869, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 36fe7d25dbc40da0c6b1dd4513a4f69ac6164eee, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < a22cb6bb54dc167047ea9e70d97dfbc2c15649e3, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < b736b12108fd116c41777628f5a333791604df26 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 2.6.12, 0 < 2.6.12, 5.10.261 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.212 ≤ 5.15.* … |
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1015e1c4b2fadd9c09704e24738e46598778c869
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36fe7d25dbc40da0c6b1dd4513a4f69ac6164eee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22cb6bb54dc167047ea9e70d97dfbc2c15649e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b736b12108fd116c41777628f5a333791604df26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf41db09ef935d76fcc84ccf213b42c18de95ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5699642640d6cff357638738c5293985cd5a53d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9830725078c8483c6831ec10222ae724806ea36b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fa1d6a5ec2356d2107dead614437c66fa7138b1