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CVE-2026-80958

CVE-2026-80958 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.1 HIGH

Reported by Linux · Published September 11, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: clamp the tail kset read to the segment data region The tail-kset read in cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker bounds its length by PCACHE_SEG_SIZE - seg_off, the raw segment size rather than the data region. A tail near the segment end reads past the segment data into the following control area. Clamp the read to cache_seg_remain(), the data region.

EPSS 0.12% · 2.4th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.12%
2.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
LinuxLinux1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0, 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0, 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0
LinuxLinux6.18, 0, 6.18.50
LinuxLinux7.3-rc1, 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0, 1d57628ff95b32d5cfa8d8f50e07690c161e9cf0
linuxlinux_kernel6.18, 6.18, 6.18

Timeline

  • Sep 11, 2026 CVE Published
  • Sep 12, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 12, 2026 Coalition ESS Score
  • Sep 13, 2026 EPSS Score
  • Sep 13, 2026 CVE Updated

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