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CVE-2026-98635

Linux: scsi: block: Fix zones_cond out-of-bounds write on zone report

Linux LinuxOperating systems
CVSS
NoneNot scored
ExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.17%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 6% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed in7c431d61b69a3fd0784c20aa4cd0b8fb501b5653Fixed versionCVE List
Published18 Oct 2026Updated 19 Oct 2026CVE List

What fixes it

  • 7c431d61b69a3fd0784c20aa4cd0b8fb501b5653LinuxCVE List

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Description

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

scsi: block: Fix zones_cond out-of-bounds write on zone report

blk_revalidate_disk_zones() sizes the zones_cond array from the disk capacity and zone size, but the index used by blk_revalidate_zone_cond() comes from the device-driven report_zones() walk and is never checked against the array size. A device reporting more zones than fit the array makes blk_zone_set_cond() write out of bounds.

One way to reach this is a zone count exceeding 32 bits: both blk_revalidate_zone_args.nr_zones and struct zoned_disk_info.nr_zones are unsigned int, so a disk advertising more than UINT_MAX zones (e.g. 2^32 + 1024 zones of one 512-byte logical block) gets its zone count truncated to a small value, undersizing the array while the report walk keeps counting upward.

Check the index against the array size before storing the zone condition, and refuse to revalidate when the zone count does not fit 32 bits.

Text from CVE List

Affected versions 6

  • Linuxaffected: 6e945ffb6555705cf20b1fcdc21a139911562995 before ca688bb207957cffa5a8cad207329b0dcac1f2c0CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6e945ffb6555705cf20b1fcdc21a139911562995 before 7c431d61b69a3fd0784c20aa4cd0b8fb501b5653CVE List
  • Linuxaffected: 6.19CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: all versions before 6.19CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.2.9 through 7.2.*CVE List
  • Linuxunaffected: 7.3CVE List

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