udf: validate free block extents against the partition length
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: validate free block extents against the partition length udf_free_blocks() checks the logical block number and count against the partition length, but drops the extent offset from that final bound. A crafted extent can pass the guard while logicalBlockNum + offset + count points past the partition, which later indexes past the space bitmap array. A single ftruncate(2) on a file backed by such an extent reliably panics the kernel. This is a local availability issue. On desktop systems where UDisks/polkit allows the active user to mount removable UDF media without CAP_SYS_ADMIN, an unprivileged local user can supply the crafted filesystem and trigger the panic by truncating a writable file on it. Systems that require root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN to mount the image have a higher prerequisite. No confidentiality or integrity impact is claimed: the reproduced primitive is an out-of-bounds read of a bitmap pointer slot followed by a kernel panic. Use the already computed logicalBlockNum + offset + count value for the partition length check. Also make load_block_bitmap() reject an out-of-range block group before indexing s_block_bitmap[], so corrupted callers cannot walk past the flexible array.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1687 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: validate free block extents against the partition length udf_free_blocks() checks the logical block number and count against the partition length, but drops the extent offset from that final bound. A crafted extent can pass the guard while logicalBlockNum + offset + count points past the partition, which later indexes past the space bitmap array. A single ftruncate(2) on a file backed by such an extent reliably panics the kernel. This is a local availability issue. On desktop systems where UDisks/polkit allows the active user to mount removable UDF media without CAP_SYS_ADMIN, an unprivileged local user can supply the crafted filesystem and trigger the panic by truncating a writable file on it. Systems that require root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN to mount the image have a higher prerequisite. No confidentiality or integrity impact is claimed: the reproduced primitive is an out-of-bounds read of a bitmap pointer slot followed by a kernel panic. Use the already computed logicalBlockNum + offset + count value for the partition length check. Also make load_block_bitmap() reject an out-of-range block group before indexing s_block_bitmap[], so corrupted callers cannot walk past the flexible array.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12af328d2ee8d68e81ba612246d0b54b22d23e1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/335202ab25b01fdd45889ff25eab70864686dea3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f0419457f89dce1a3f1c8e62a3adf2f39ab8168
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9442d75429b0c556292a7454fe888d54259f5240
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b54aee5652fcd7c23a0904a4623ec462c3edc70c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be87de7789a82a030a4896bc7683415ec9fa6f2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb49099206c5c57af28a157249fa7bcb5518f99e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd6229d2ae9914c1f25d1041db0f4f312a4fa76
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64324.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-64324