memstick: ms_block: reject a card that reports too many blocks
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: memstick: ms_block: reject a card that reports too many blocks msb_ftl_initialize() computes the zone count from the card block count with no bound: msb->zone_count = msb->block_count / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE; ... for (i = 0; i < msb->zone_count; i++) msb->free_block_count[i] = MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE; msb->block_count is a card value. msb_read_boot_blocks() reads number_of_blocks from the card boot page and byte swaps it. free_block_count is a fixed int[MS_MAX_ZONES]. MS_MAX_ZONES is 16, so the valid indices are 0 to 15. The init loop above indexes it by zone_count. msb_mark_block_used() and msb_mark_block_unused() index it by pba / MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE, for pba up to block_count - 1. A card may report up to 65535 blocks. A block_count above 8192 (MS_MAX_ZONES * MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE) lets the pba index reach 16. That writes past free_block_count[] and corrupts struct msb_data. A larger count runs the init loop past the end too. A real Memory Stick has at most 16 zones. So it has at most 8192 blocks. msb_ftl_initialize() now rejects a card that reports more than MS_MAX_ZONES * MS_BLOCKS_IN_ZONE blocks.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-68478
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-ppgx-492f-63h6
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4b9961efe8640f50800811b4a2b2046b3dc2ccc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8937b11f1c3896e066c3fb07387ba17bc8c50b8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1c675ecf6e5ad02722f0019f729d8bb588d502e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5db3439ee8d1c165a09a47e984c4ba508c130df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b86666ac4009a252501cc17242582a7ec9ed976e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39151f0708c84221e94cdd6aa070aba5d7cb1c01
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47f0c7d856c67c9935546d2644f18c0d0131b449
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/718178f524b98bc920d74bc771aed823c8b81425
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Sources
- CVE-2026-68478 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-68478 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-ppgx-492f-63h6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-68478 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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