Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72014
drbd: reject data replies with an out-of-range payload size
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In 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.
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)0.7% · higher than 54% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
b411b3637fa71fce9cf2acf0639009500f5892fe before bca33f5442c3094511719d9db792ce3165d87e76; b411b3637fa71fce9cf2acf0639009500f5892fe before 741a682535deffe9ab7e5c89caf83571efbc9dd9; b411b3637fa71fce9cf2acf0639009500f5892fe before f14e87d7b166490bceb9603b39310e51595d05b9; b411b3637fa71fce9cf2acf0639009500f5892fe before f16866c62656865854106b79bcf6e4ca97a51a92; b411b3637fa71fce9cf2acf0639009500f5892fe before 5f59a8142000f0b8f75c432209ead73c424a745d; b411b3637fa71fce9cf2acf0639009500f5892fe before 38cc4867540ae8beedfe41a1a1a6ed37052c77d6; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72014
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72014
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38cc4867540ae8beedfe41a1a1a6ed37052c77d6
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f59a8142000f0b8f75c432209ead73c424a745d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/648d4317326e6aa3f8c05cbf0fd14cc2eba6ca99
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/741a682535deffe9ab7e5c89caf83571efbc9dd9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bca33f5442c3094511719d9db792ce3165d87e76
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd910a7660d280595ef94cb6d193951d855d330f
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