THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-80959 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-pcache: bound the persisted tail-position offset
cache_pos_decode() takes the persisted key_tail and dirty_tail seg_off from
the cache device and addresses within the segment with it. A seg_off at or
past th
[NVD] CVE-2026-80959 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: bound the persisted tail-position offset cache_pos_decode() takes the persisted key_tail and dirty_tail seg_off from the cache device and addresses within the segment with it. A seg_off at or past th
CVE-2026-80959 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:01.750
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-pcache: bound the persisted tail-position offset
cache_pos_decode() takes the persisted key_tail and dirty_tail seg_off from the cache device and addresses within the segment with it. A seg_off at or past the segment data_size, controllable by whoever supplies
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2026-80959cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80959