CVE-2026-93198

kernel: dm-pcache: validate the persisted dirty_tail chain at load

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 17, 2026

Updated · October 14, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's dm-pcache component. A local attacker could provide a specially crafted image with a malformed dirty_tail chain. This could cause the writeback worker to enter an infinite loop, leading to a denial of service (DoS) condition on the system.

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-835 · Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')