CVE-2026-99136

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.
Configurations

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History

31 Oct 2026, 13:17

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CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.0

30 Oct 2026, 13:21

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References
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/056bf8322e39a48026df352d6227ec03dd8cd032 -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/445a6883f46d3ab1ff545199a8cc1d5834936d3f -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac8546df1f8a2b1ca7f6d67c269057a99fbbf8c -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f82e86471c92fd874f2630c9a6af887f4ed1a77 -
  • () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d7069bb79139271b54dc477f07e242c445de6b -

28 Oct 2026, 11:17

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New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-10-28 11:17

Updated : 2026-10-31 13:17


NVD link : CVE-2026-99136

Mitre link : CVE-2026-99136

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-99136


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CWE

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