CVE-2026-99159 (GCVE-0-2026-99159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-28 10:35 – Updated: 2026-10-30 12:42
VLAI
Title
ring-buffer: Fix the sub-buffer array base in rb_meta_subbuf_idx()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix the sub-buffer array base in rb_meta_subbuf_idx() On a persistent ring buffer, rb_meta_subbuf_idx() can return an index one sub-buffer too high. rb_setup_ids_meta_page() then fills subbuf_ids[] shifted by one and leaves subbuf_ids[0] NULL, which __rb_map_vma() dereferences when userspace maps trace_pipe_raw. rb_update_meta_reader() writes two such indices into meta->buffers[], which rb_cpu_meta_valid() would reject on the next boot, discarding the previous boot's trace. A CPU's sub-buffer array starts after its meta header and the nr_subbufs integers that follow, aligned up to a sub-buffer. rb_meta_subbuf_idx() inverts that calculation but skips only the integers, not the header, so its base is one sub-buffer low whenever the omitted header size crosses the alignment boundary. Invert the calculation with rb_subbufs_from_meta() rather than repeating it. rb_range_buffer() maps an index back to an address through the same helper, so the two directions can no longer disagree.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6651 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: b14d032973d4e6c36e025e96ea3437de53d072d9 , < 0c0cf2240bb5ca5704ea932ba66ee54f43173915 (git)
Affected: b14d032973d4e6c36e025e96ea3437de53d072d9 , < 2f1248b728b56d583ea454fedf239550c49f7b18 (git)
Affected: b14d032973d4e6c36e025e96ea3437de53d072d9 , < 7469b3585ef5f65840d467d2caa811a9098c84b9 (git)
Affected: b14d032973d4e6c36e025e96ea3437de53d072d9 , < 25132363c723afc39aace8b098f547ab4a0ea759 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.12
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.12 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.115 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.59 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.13 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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