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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-80961 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds Two more fields decoded from the cache device go unbounded. The kset key_num drives cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop in cache_replay(), the writebac

[NVD] CVE-2026-80961 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds Two more fields decoded from the cache device go unbounded. The kset key_num drives cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop in cache_replay(), the writebac

mednvdPublished 2026-09-11

CVE-2026-80961 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:01.980

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm-pcache: validate kset key_num and intra-segment bounds

Two more fields decoded from the cache device go unbounded. The kset key_num drives cache_kset_crc() and the replay loop in cache_replay(), the writeback worker and the GC worker, but only the magic and a f

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CVE-2026-80961cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-80961