In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs/statmount: fix slab out-of-bounds write in statmount_mnt_idmap
statmount_mnt_idmap() writes one mapping with seq_printf() and then manually advances seq->count to include the NUL separator.
If seq_printf() overflows, seq_set_overflow() sets seq->count to seq->size. The manual seq->count++ changes this to seq->size + 1. seq_has_overflowed() then no longer detects the overflow. The corrupted count returns to statmount_string(), which later executes:
seq->buf[seq->count++] = '\0';
This causes a 1-byte NULL out-of-bounds write on the dynamically allocated seq buffer.
Fix this by checking for overflow immediately after seq_printf().
CVSS Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon_linux_2023 | — | Upgrade bpftool6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18Upgrade perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-toolsUpgrade kernel-livepatch-6.18.35-68.127Upgrade kernel6.18-headersUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64Upgrade kernel6.18-debuginfoUpgrade microvm-kernel6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extraUpgrade kernel6.18-develUpgrade kernel6.18-tools-develUpgrade python3-perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-tools-debuginfoUpgrade bpftool6.18Upgrade perf6.18Upgrade kernel6.18-modules-extra-commonUpgrade python3-perf6.18-debuginfoUpgrade kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 | Aug 10, 2026 | Jul 19, 2026 |
| Ubuntu | — | Upgrade linux-image-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-awsUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1014-azureUpgrade linux-image-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oracleUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azure-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspi-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1008-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracleUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspi-realtimeUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-azure-fdeUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-gcp-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-awsUpgrade linux-image-gcpUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-7.0Upgrade linux-image-raspiUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-azureUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1009-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-gcpUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-hwe-26.04Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1010-ibmUpgrade linux-image-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-64kUpgrade linux-image-aws-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-ibmUpgrade linux-image-azure-fde-7.0Upgrade linux-image-azureUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-bos-7.0Upgrade linux-image-nvidiaUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1015-raspiUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1011-oracle-64kUpgrade linux-image-gcp-64kUpgrade linux-image-7.0.0-2016-nvidia-bosUpgrade linux-image-nvidia-64k-7.0Upgrade linux-image-oracle-7.0Upgrade linux-image-aws-64kUpgrade linux-image-raspi-realtime-7.0Upgrade linux-image-ibm-7.0Upgrade linux-image-7.0.0-1016-nvidia-64k | Jul 21, 2026 | Jul 20, 2026 |
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