CVE-2026-68478 (GCVE-0-2026-68478)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2026-08-15 05:51
Modified
2026-08-17 05:06
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
memstick: ms_block: reject a card that reports too many blocks
msb_ftl_initialize() computes the zone count from the card block count
with no bound:
msb->zone_count = msb->block_count / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;
...
for (i = 0; i < msb->zone_count; i++)
msb->free_block_count[i] = MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;
msb->block_count is a card value. msb_read_boot_blocks() reads
number_of_blocks from the card boot page and byte swaps it.
free_block_count is a fixed int[MS_MAX_ZONES]. MS_MAX_ZONES is 16, so the
valid indices are 0 to 15. The init loop above indexes it by zone_count.
msb_mark_block_used() and msb_mark_block_unused() index it by
pba / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE, for pba up to block_count - 1. A card may report
up to 65535 blocks. A block_count above 8192 (MS_MAX_ZONES *
MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE) lets the pba index reach 16. That writes past
free_block_count[] and corrupts struct msb_data. A larger count runs the
init loop past the end too.
A real Memory Stick has at most 16 zones. So it has at most 8192 blocks.
msb_ftl_initialize() now rejects a card that reports more than
MS_MAX_ZONES * MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE blocks.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 Version: 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 |
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmemstick: ms_block: reject a card that reports too many blocks\n\nmsb_ftl_initialize() computes the zone count from the card block count\nwith no bound:\n\n\tmsb-\u003ezone_count = msb-\u003eblock_count / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;\n\t...\n\tfor (i = 0; i \u003c msb-\u003ezone_count; i++)\n\t\tmsb-\u003efree_block_count[i] = MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE;\n\nmsb-\u003eblock_count is a card value. msb_read_boot_blocks() reads\nnumber_of_blocks from the card boot page and byte swaps it.\nfree_block_count is a fixed int[MS_MAX_ZONES]. MS_MAX_ZONES is 16, so the\nvalid indices are 0 to 15. The init loop above indexes it by zone_count.\nmsb_mark_block_used() and msb_mark_block_unused() index it by\npba / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE, for pba up to block_count - 1. A card may report\nup to 65535 blocks. A block_count above 8192 (MS_MAX_ZONES *\nMS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE) lets the pba index reach 16. That writes past\nfree_block_count[] and corrupts struct msb_data. A larger count runs the\ninit loop past the end too.\n\nA real Memory Stick has at most 16 zones. So it has at most 8192 blocks.\nmsb_ftl_initialize() now rejects a card that reports more than\nMS_MAX_ZONES * MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE blocks."
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