CVE-2026-89716

kernel: zram: validate deflate params

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 11, 2026

Updated · September 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the zram component of the Linux kernel. This vulnerability occurs because the system does not properly validate user-supplied deflate parameters, specifically winbits values. An attacker could exploit this by providing malformed input, which would trigger an internal error (BUG_ON()) and lead to a system crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-617 · Reachable Assertion