In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dcache: Limit the minimal number of bucket to two
There is an OOB read problem on dentry_hashtable when user sets
'dhash_entries=1':
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff888b30b774b0
#PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
#PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI
RIP: 0010:__d_lookup+0x56/0x120
Call Trace:
d_lookup.cold+0x16/0x5d
lookup_dcache+0x27/0xf0
lookup_one_qstr_excl+0x2a/0x180
start_dirop+0x55/0xa0
simple_start_creating+0x8d/0xa0
debugfs_start_creating+0x8c/0x180
debugfs_create_dir+0x1d/0x1c0
pinctrl_init+0x6d/0x140
do_one_initcall+0x6d/0x3d0
kernel_init_freeable+0x39f/0x460
kernel_init+0x2a/0x260
There will be only one bucket in dentry_hashtable when dhash_entries is
set as one, and d_hash_shift is calculated as 32 by dcache_init(). Then,
following process will access more than one buckets(which memory region
is not allocated) in dentry_hashtable:
d_lookup
b = d_hash(hash)
dentry_hashtable + ((u32)hashlen >> d_hash_shift)
// The C standard defines the behavior of right shift amounts
// exceeding the bit width of the operand as undefined. The
// result of '(u32)hashlen >> d_hash_shift' becomes 'hashlen',
// so 'b' will point to an unallocated memory region.
hlist_bl_for_each_entry_rcu(b)
hlist_bl_first_rcu(head)
h->first // read OOB!
Fix it by limiting the minimal number of dentry_hashtable bucket to two,
so that 'd_hash_shift' won't exceeds the bit width of type u32.
References
Configurations
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History
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.17:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.17:-:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.17:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.17:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | CWE-125 | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/277cedabb0ab86baae83fa58218be13c6d3e5526 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/426ef05e82ee52c8d0e95fc0808b7383d8352d73 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5718df131ab78897a9dd1f2e71c3ba732d4392af - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/755b40903eff563768d4d96fd4ef51ec48adde3b - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddd57ebce245f9c7e2f6902a6c087d6186d2385d - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f08fe8891c3eeb63b73f9f1f6d97aa629c821579 - Patch |
08 May 2026, 13:16
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 9.1 |
05 May 2026, 16:16
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Information
Published : 2026-05-05 16:16
Updated : 2026-06-01 17:17
NVD link : CVE-2026-43071
Mitre link : CVE-2026-43071
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-43071
JSON object : View
Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
