Critical severity · published Jun 8, 2026
CVE-2026-46289
lib/scatterlist: fix length calculations in extract_kvec_to_sg
9.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
lib/scatterlist: fix length calculations in extract_kvec_to_sg
Patch series "Fix bugs in extract_iter_to_sg()", v3.
Fix bugs in the kvec and user variants of extract_iter_to_sg. This series
is growing due to useful remarks made by sashiko.dev.
The main bugs are:
- The length for an sglist entry when extracting from
a kvec can exceed the number of bytes in the page. This
is obviously not intended.
- When extracting a user buffer the sglist is temporarily
used as a scratch buffer for extracted page pointers.
If the sglist already contains some elements this scratch
buffer could overlap with existing entries in the sglist.
The series adds test cases to the kunit_iov_iter test that demonstrate all
of these bugs. Additionally, there is a memory leak fix for the test
itself.
The bugs were orignally introduced into kernel v6.3 where the function
lived in fs/netfs/iterator.c. It was later moved to lib/scatterlist.c in
v6.5. Thus the actual fix is only marked for backports to v6.5+.
This patch (of 5):
When extracting from a kvec to a scatterlist, do not cross page
boundaries. The required length was already calculated but not used as
intended.
Adjust the copied length if the loop runs out of sglist entries without
extracting everything.
While there, return immediately from extract_iter_to_sg if there are no
sglist entries at all.
A subsequent commit will add kunit test cases that demonstrate that the
patch is necessary.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.3 before 6.6.140; 6.7 before 6.12.88; 6.13 before 6.18.30; 6.19 before 7.0.7 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
0185846975339a5c348373aa450a977f5242366b before 3f17500e86d730c76db638bb3ae52f9b5e496c76; 0185846975339a5c348373aa450a977f5242366b before e5e22fc9963469e678c4f4bb38d26adcec107f1e; 0185846975339a5c348373aa450a977f5242366b before 8fbba6829057979149d1b37d65690c037f3ddf4d; 0185846975339a5c348373aa450a977f5242366b before 9d38756d0a93b66163554219fa9c3365f40c4035; 0185846975339a5c348373aa450a977f5242366b before 07b7d66e65d9cfe6b9c2c34aa22cfcaac37a5c45; 6.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46289
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-46289
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b7d66e65d9cfe6b9c2c34aa22cfcaac37a5c45
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f17500e86d730c76db638bb3ae52f9b5e496c76
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fbba6829057979149d1b37d65690c037f3ddf4d
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d38756d0a93b66163554219fa9c3365f40c4035
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5e22fc9963469e678c4f4bb38d26adcec107f1e
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