ublk: check import_ubuf() return value
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: check import_ubuf() return value import_ubuf() can fail if the address range (provided by the userspace ublk server) is outside the allowed user address space. Return that 0 bytes were copied if import_ubuf() fails rather than passing an uninitialized struct iov_iter to ublk_copy_user_pages().
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 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.52, 7.2.6, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 6 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-90324
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9f96-m8pp-q99r
- 2026-10-15 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-15 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-21 Fix available: Linux/Linux@27ff6e8703f7a7160c728501da2f8ef8e7bb6b2f, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-21 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f97c762b5f6e0005c5c7d040ded73bf7fb3587e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27ff6e8703f7a7160c728501da2f8ef8e7bb6b2f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0121c84adb6a4cd6f7560b5895bd88f9899bbc1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ac6019cb78e98c9608fda72726b36ddf8474dd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3831568792af75b6523fa93bb91560e29189cf55
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Sources
- CVE-2026-90324 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-90324 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9f96-m8pp-q99r · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-90324 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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