Import Source
https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-89613.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/AZL-89613
Upstream
Published
2026-06-08T17:16:47Z
Modified
2026-08-28T17:48:10.881623452Z
Summary
CVE-2026-46294 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.141.1-1
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm: fix a buffer overflow in ioctl processing

Tony Asleson (using Claude) found a buffer overflow in dm-ioctl in the function retrieve_status:

  1. The code in retrieve_status checks that the output string fits into the output buffer and writes the output string there
  2. Then, the code aligns the "outptr" variable to the next 8-byte boundary: outptr = align_ptr(outptr);
  3. The alignment doesn't check overflow, so outptr could point past the buffer end
  4. The "for" loop is iterated again, it executes: remaining = len - (outptr - outbuf);
  5. If "outptr" points past "outbuf + len", the arithmetics wraps around and the variable "remaining" contains unusually high number
  6. With "remaining" being high, the code writes more data past the end of the buffer

Luckily, this bug has no security implications because: 1. Only root can issue device mapper ioctls 2. The commonly used libraries that communicate with device mapper (libdevmapper and devicemapper-rs) use buffer size that is aligned to 8 bytes - thus, "outptr = align_ptr(outptr)" can't overshoot the input buffer and the bug can't happen accidentally

References

Affected packages

Azure Linux:3 / kernel

Package

Name
kernel
Purl
pkg:rpm/azure-linux/kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
6.6.141.1-1

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData/blob/main/osv/AZL-89613.json"