Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-log: fix a bitset_size overflow on 32bit machines
Commit c20e36b7631d ("dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to
region_count overflow") made sure that region_count could fit in an
unsigned int. But the bitmap memory isn't allocated based on
region_count. It uses bitset_size (a size_t variable). The first step of
calculating bitset_size is to set it to region_count, rounded up to a
multiple of BITS_PER_LONG. If region_size is less than BITS_PER_LONG
smaller than UINT_MAX, it will get rounded up to 2^32. On a 32bit
architecture, this will make bitset_size wrap around to 0 and fail,
despite region_count being valid.
Since bitset_size gets divided by 8, it can hold any valid region_count.
It just needs a special case to handle the rollover. If it is 0, the
value rolled over, and bitset size should be set to the number of bytes
needed to hold 2^32 bits.
dm-log: fix a bitset_size overflow on 32bit machines
Commit c20e36b7631d ("dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to
region_count overflow") made sure that region_count could fit in an
unsigned int. But the bitmap memory isn't allocated based on
region_count. It uses bitset_size (a size_t variable). The first step of
calculating bitset_size is to set it to region_count, rounded up to a
multiple of BITS_PER_LONG. If region_size is less than BITS_PER_LONG
smaller than UINT_MAX, it will get rounded up to 2^32. On a 32bit
architecture, this will make bitset_size wrap around to 0 and fail,
despite region_count being valid.
Since bitset_size gets divided by 8, it can hold any valid region_count.
It just needs a special case to handle the rollover. If it is 0, the
value rolled over, and bitset size should be set to the number of bytes
needed to hold 2^32 bits.
Analysis
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History
Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:30:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-787 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-log: fix a bitset_size overflow on 32bit machines Commit c20e36b7631d ("dm log: fix out-of-bounds write due to region_count overflow") made sure that region_count could fit in an unsigned int. But the bitmap memory isn't allocated based on region_count. It uses bitset_size (a size_t variable). The first step of calculating bitset_size is to set it to region_count, rounded up to a multiple of BITS_PER_LONG. If region_size is less than BITS_PER_LONG smaller than UINT_MAX, it will get rounded up to 2^32. On a 32bit architecture, this will make bitset_size wrap around to 0 and fail, despite region_count being valid. Since bitset_size gets divided by 8, it can hold any valid region_count. It just needs a special case to handle the rollover. If it is 0, the value rolled over, and bitset size should be set to the number of bytes needed to hold 2^32 bits. | |
| Title | dm-log: fix a bitset_size overflow on 32bit machines | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-08-17T05:40:19.004Z
Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.906Z
Link: CVE-2026-72105
Vulnrichment
No data.
NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-08-15T06:21:24.673
Modified: 2026-08-17T06:18:09.470
Link: CVE-2026-72105
Redhat
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-08-18T04:45:04Z
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