Vulnerability in Linux

[ Description ]Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-crypt: fix a tiny race condition in crypt_dec_pending crypt_dec_pending reads io->error before calling atomic_dec_and_test. Another context, for example crypt_endio called from an interrupt, may set io->error and drop its reference between the read and the decrement. crypt_dec_pending then drops the last reference and completes the bio with the stale status - so a read that failed and was never decrypted, or a write that failed, is reported as successful. The read was placed before the decrement by commit b35f8caa0890 ("dm crypt: wait for endio to complete before destruction"), because that commit freed dm_crypt_io before calling bio_endio. This is no longer the case, dm_crypt_io lives in the per-bio data now. Read io->error after atomic_dec_and_test instead. atomic_dec_and_test is fully ordered, so no additional barrier is needed.

[ Fixes ]Fixes and patches

No fix or interim patch is linked from our sources yet. Check the vendor references below and limit exposure of affected systems until a fix is available.

[ Advisories ]Government CERT advisories

• BSI CERT-Bund28 Oct 2026WID-SEC-2026-4224

  Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow an unspecified attack Translated from German

  CVE-2026-99116CVE-2026-99143CVE-2026-99170+113 more CVEs

[ References ]References

• git.kernel.org/stable/c/056bf8322e39a48026df352d6227ec03dd8cd032
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/148845aa1921d95ef5dc851c76e6a284f6657df6
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/445a6883f46d3ab1ff545199a8cc1d5834936d3f
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f16bb982b27b9f5a15301f622c318001fe521f8
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac8546df1f8a2b1ca7f6d67c269057a99fbbf8c
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f82e86471c92fd874f2630c9a6af887f4ed1a77
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5d887ab93592fc5e3605fe30c1d8d232d609b3
• git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d7069bb79139271b54dc477f07e242c445de6b