CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90333
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-21
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker
The discard-block check in dm_integrity_rw_tag() treats a stored tag
of all 0xf6 bytes (DISCARD_FILLER) as proof a block was discarded and
skips HMAC verification. allow_discards is only accepted in
dm-integrity's standalone mode. An attacker with raw write access to
the backing device, but without the integrity key, can stamp any block
with an all-0xf6 tag and have it served as authentic.
Add a new "allow_discards_keyed" target argument that marks discarded
blocks with a keyed checksum of (salt || sector) instead, computed by
integrity_discard_checksum().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388c3f6496bb8083576d989e6d249ba9807c6b0b git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c58ea19a909ef6bed4f0f824e9cd7e30d7e4775 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6228722c27304e4682cddc1fede03898f87e4414 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68c5c42567bc462139128968ebbfadd0aefff519 git.kernel.org