GHSA-3M7C-3JM4-QC8P
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-08-15 06:32 – Updated: 2026-08-17 06:33In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drbd: reject data replies with an out-of-range payload size
recv_dless_read() receives a P_DATA_REPLY from a peer into the bio of an outstanding read request. The peer-supplied payload length reaches it as the signed int data_size, and two peer-controlled inputs can make it negative. With a negotiated data-integrity-alg the digest length is subtracted first, so a reply whose payload is smaller than the digest underflows data_size. With no integrity algorithm (the default) data_size is assigned from the unsigned h95/h100 wire length and drbdd() never bounds it for a payload-carrying command, so a length above INT_MAX casts it negative; this path needs no non-default feature. The bio receive loop then computes expect = min_t(int, data_size, bv_len), which is negative, and drbd_recv_all_warn(mapped, expect) receives with a size_t of SIZE_MAX into the first mapped page.
The sibling receive path read_in_block() is not affected: it uses an unsigned size and rejects it against DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE before receiving. Reject a data reply whose size is negative after the optional digest subtraction, covering both triggers.
Impact: a malicious or man-in-the-middle DRBD peer copies attacker-chosen bytes past a bio page in the receiver, corrupting kernel memory. A node that reads from its peer (a diskless node, or read-balancing to the peer) is exposed in the default configuration; data-integrity-alg is not required.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-72014"
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"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-08-15T06:21:00Z",
"severity": "CRITICAL"
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ndrbd: reject data replies with an out-of-range payload size\n\nrecv_dless_read() receives a P_DATA_REPLY from a peer into the bio of an\noutstanding read request. The peer-supplied payload length reaches it as\nthe signed int data_size, and two peer-controlled inputs can make it\nnegative. With a negotiated data-integrity-alg the digest length is\nsubtracted first, so a reply whose payload is smaller than the digest\nunderflows data_size. With no integrity algorithm (the default) data_size\nis assigned from the unsigned h95/h100 wire length and drbdd() never\nbounds it for a payload-carrying command, so a length above INT_MAX casts\nit negative; this path needs no non-default feature. The bio receive loop\nthen computes expect = min_t(int, data_size, bv_len), which is negative,\nand drbd_recv_all_warn(mapped, expect) receives with a size_t of SIZE_MAX\ninto the first mapped page.\n\nThe sibling receive path read_in_block() is not affected: it uses an\nunsigned size and rejects it against DRBD_MAX_BIO_SIZE before receiving.\nReject a data reply whose size is negative after the optional digest\nsubtraction, covering both triggers.\n\nImpact: a malicious or man-in-the-middle DRBD peer copies attacker-chosen\nbytes past a bio page in the receiver, corrupting kernel memory. A node\nthat reads from its peer (a diskless node, or read-balancing to the peer)\nis exposed in the default configuration; data-integrity-alg is not\nrequired.",
"id": "GHSA-3m7c-3jm4-qc8p",
"modified": "2026-08-17T06:33:04Z",
"published": "2026-08-15T06:32:09Z",
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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