High severity · published Jul 19, 2026
CVE-2026-63796
ocfs2: reject oversized group bitmap descriptors
8.8
CVSS
0.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: reject oversized group bitmap descriptors
ocfs2_validate_gd_parent() only bounds bg_bits against the parent
allocator's chain geometry. A malicious descriptor can still claim a
bg_size/bg_bits pair that exceeds the bitmap bytes that physically fit in
the group descriptor block, so later bitmap scans and bit updates can run
past bg_bitmap.
Add a physical-cap check based on ocfs2_group_bitmap_size() for the parent
allocator type and reject descriptors whose bg_size or bg_bits exceed that
capacity. Keep the existing chain geometry check so both the on-disk
bitmap layout and the allocator metadata must agree before the descriptor
is used.
Validation reproduced this kernel report:
KASAN use-after-free in _find_next_bit+0x7f/0xc0
Read of size 8
Call trace:
dump_stack_lvl+0x66/0xa0 (?:?)
print_report+0xd0/0x630 (?:?)
_find_next_bit+0x7f/0xc0 (?:?)
srso_alias_return_thunk+0x5/0xfbef5 (?:?)
__virt_addr_valid+0x188/0x2f0 (?:?)
kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 (?:?)
ocfs2_find_max_contig_free_bits+0x35/0x70 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1375)
ocfs2_block_group_set_bits+0x472/0x4b0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1457)
ocfs2_cluster_group_search+0x16b/0x440 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:86)
ocfs2_bg_discontig_fix_result+0x1ef/0x230 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1786)
ocfs2_search_chain+0x8f8/0x10a0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:1886)
get_page_from_freelist+0x70e/0x2370 (?:?)
lock_release+0xc6/0x290 (?:?)
do_raw_spin_unlock+0x9a/0x100 (?:?)
kasan_unpoison+0x27/0x60 (?:?)
__bfs+0x147/0x240 (?:?)
get_page_from_freelist+0x83d/0x2370 (?:?)
ocfs2_claim_suballoc_bits+0x38c/0xe70 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:96)
sched_domains_numa_masks_clear+0x70/0xd0 (?:?)
check_irq_usage+0xe8/0xb70 (?:?)
__ocfs2_claim_clusters+0x18d/0x4c0 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:2497)
check_path+0x24/0x50 (?:?)
rcu_is_watching+0x20/0x50 (?:?)
check_prev_add+0xfd/0xd00 (?:?)
ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree+0x17d/0x810 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
__folio_batch_add_and_move+0x1f5/0x3d0 (?:?)
ocfs2_add_inode_data+0xd9/0x120 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
filemap_add_folio+0x105/0x1f0 (?:?)
ocfs2_write_begin_nolock+0x29f7/0x2f80 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:3043)
ocfs2_read_inode_block+0xb5/0x110 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
down_write+0xf5/0x180 (?:?)
ocfs2_write_begin+0x180/0x240 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
__mark_inode_dirty+0x758/0x9a0 (?:?)
inode_to_bdi+0x41/0x90 (?:?)
balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_flags+0xf8/0x1d0 (?:?)
generic_perform_write+0x252/0x440 (?:?)
mnt_put_write_access_file+0x16/0x70 (?:?)
file_update_time_flags+0xe4/0x200 (?:?)
ocfs2_file_write_iter+0x80a/0x1320 (fs/ocfs2/suballoc.c:?)
lock_acquire+0x184/0x2f0 (?:?)
ksys_write+0xd2/0x170 (?:?)
apparmor_file_permission+0xf5/0x310 (?:?)
read_zero+0x8d/0x140 (?:?)
lock_is_held_type+0x8f/0x100 (?:?)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.6% · higher than 48% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.16 before 5.10.260; 5.11 before 5.15.211; 5.16 before 6.1.177; 6.2 before 6.6.144; 6.7 before 6.12.95; 6.13 before 6.18.38; +1 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c before 336340a0f8a141df8a4eb21a5a86f8ffb87769f6; ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c before 296c6a42b1174395935ca4cfe8f393e37b698d54; ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c before d2cd59fa848f9f13796ef214d3b1b5ca9a3fe21e; ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c before c5a125eadba05ba421c4b55e68da22b4a40d32b4; ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c before 8f9903b0cdbb3155a8899410330b4b4d583a7a5c; ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c before 4cd57ebee395041099fcdfcabb00749ce38d8b27; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63796
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63796
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/296c6a42b1174395935ca4cfe8f393e37b698d54
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/336340a0f8a141df8a4eb21a5a86f8ffb87769f6
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4cd57ebee395041099fcdfcabb00749ce38d8b27
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f9903b0cdbb3155a8899410330b4b4d583a7a5c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c21e7263248c3f084756bfae08163cc5d6c62f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bd541e09dffff27e5bec0f9f45b0228173a5375
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