In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dibs: loopback: validate offset and size in move_data() The loopbac…
CVE-2026-72018 · published 15 Aug 2026
How serious is it
- Severity: high, CVSS score 7.8 out of 10.
- No exploit prediction (EPSS) score yet.
- Not on the CISA list of exploited vulnerabilities.
- No public exploit in Exploit-DB.
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Who is affected
- Linux Linux: 6.10
How to check
- Find out whether you run the affected product and which version, then compare it with the versions above.
How to fix
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- Apply the vendor's update or mitigation from the references below. If there is none yet, limit exposure of the affected service until there is.
- If a vulnerable version was live, check your logs and rotate the secrets that server could read.
The advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dibs: loopback: validate offset and size in move_data()
The loopback move_data() performs a memcpy into the registered DMB
without checking whether offset + size exceeds the DMB length. Unlike
real ISM hardware, which enforces memory region bounds natively, the
software loopback has no such protection.
A peer-supplied out-of-bounds offset or oversized write would result in
an OOB write past the allocated kernel buffer. Add an explicit bounds
check before the memcpy to reject such requests with -EINVAL.
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References
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/78237e3c0720fcc6eb9b87e90fd70f63eeca886f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94fe0ab01b480b52bd8f977edbd845ef375d69fd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2f426a9a22886071966432ede8fceafffe12b8c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee188a6b264b71315a67f1b9470faad308b730d2
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