CVE-2026-46281

HIGH

vmalloc: fix buffer overflow in vrealloc_node_align()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vmalloc: fix buffer overflow in vrealloc_node_align() Commit 4c5d3365882d ("mm/vmalloc: allow to set node and align in vrealloc") added the ability to force a new allocation if the current pointer is on the wrong NUMA node, or if an alignment constraint is not met, even if the user is shrinking the allocation. On this path (need_realloc), the code allocates a new object of 'size' bytes and then memcpy()s 'old_size' bytes into it. If the request is to shrink the object (size < old_size), this results in an out-of-bounds write on the new buffer. Fix this by bounding the copy length by the new allocation size.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 6.18.0 - 6.18.27linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.4linux
Linux/Linux < 6.18
Linux/Linux 4c5d3365882dbbc0784688784904f440d7a4c0f1 - 82d1f01292d3f09bf063f829f8ab8de12b4280a1
Linux/Linux 4c5d3365882dbbc0784688784904f440d7a4c0f1 - b281adf71f786c325eb6d6d1582d4d05313438a8
Linux/Linux 4c5d3365882dbbc0784688784904f440d7a4c0f1 - e9b057a44deff4c59c13f44672a5cc74dcd57522
Linux/Linux 6.18
Linux/Linux 6.18.27 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 7.0.4 - 7.0.*
Linux/Linux 7.1
... and 3 more
Published Jun 08, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 08, 2026