CVE-2026-90279 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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- published5 Oct 2026
- disclosed17 Sept 2026
Introduced: 17 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-90279 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
md/raid5: round bitmap stripes with sector division
raid5_bitmap_sector_map() aligns the array range to full RAID5 stripe widths before converting it to component sectors. That width is chunk_sectors multiplied by the number of data disks, and it is not always a power of two.
Reproduce with a 4-disk RAID5, 1024-sector chunks, and three data disks. The full-stripe width is 3072 sectors. For a one-sector write at array sector 3072, correct rounding gives array range [3072, 6144), which maps to component range [1024, 2048). The old round_down()/round_up() logic instead gives [1024, 4096), which maps to [0, 1024).
Use sector_div() based arithmetic so the rounded range is aligned to the actual RAID5 stripe width.
The deterministic mapper test now reports the fixed component range as [1024, 2048), while the old mask-based range was [0, 1024).
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-90279
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02c10581866d08822c6348e299881485fc546185
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17ea021ae74987d6064c8195c4922fa025753892
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d7490007707f90691911385365bd1d691d99225
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cab7d949b18b2f1cd625689dc16c5f81236bac93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccbdc483eb041eef809e9ff223d1ad63518a2c52