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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.5

CVE-2026-23007 json

block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer

published 2026-01-25 9 mo ago modified 2026-11-05 3 d ago also EUVD-2026-4628

cvss
5.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 10%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer

The auto-generated integrity buffer for writes needs to be fully initialized before being passed to the underlying block device, otherwise the uninitialized memory can be read back by userspace or anyone with physical access to the storage device. If protection information is generated, that portion of the integrity buffer is already initialized. The integrity data is also zeroed if PI generation is disabled via sysfs or the PI tuple size is 0. However, this misses the case where PI is generated and the PI tuple size is nonzero, but the metadata size is larger than the PI tuple. In this case, the remainder ("opaque") of the metadata is left uninitialized. Generalize the BLK_INTEGRITY_CSUM_NONE check to cover any case when the metadata is larger than just the PI tuple.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.12.114, 6.18.7, 6.19
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.115-2
  • linux Debian 14 6.18.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23007

  • linux-gcp-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1021.24~24.04.1
  • linux-hwe-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-41.41~24.04.1
  • linux-oem-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1030.30
  • linux-azure-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1021.21~24.04.1
  • linux-nvidia-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1031.31
  • linux-oracle-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1019.19~24.04.3
  • linux-realtime-6.17 Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1018.20~24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23007

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  • kernel RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • rv RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • perf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • rtla RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • libperf RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • kernel-rt RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • kernel-64k RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
  • kernel-core RHEL 10.2 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2026:71233RHSA-2026:71232

  • kernel AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-debug-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k-modules AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-debug-modules AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
  • kernel-64k-debug-core AlmaLinux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2026:71232ALSA-2026:71233

  • kernel Rocky Linux 9 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2026:71232

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2026-23007 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: block: zero non-PI portion of auto integrity buffer

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, perf 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, rtla 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, python3-perf 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71232
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 10) rv 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, perf 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, rtla 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, python3-perf 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-devel-matched 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71233
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-64k 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-tools 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-modules 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, +27 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71232
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 10) kernel 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-64k 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-tools 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-modules 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-64k-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, +28 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71233
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71232
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 10) libperf 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71233
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71232
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-64k-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71233
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  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-modules-core 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-687.51.1.el9_8, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71232
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 10) kernel-rt 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-modules-core 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, kernel-rt-debug-modules 6.12.0-211.59.1.el10_2, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2026:71233
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
3 d ago

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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