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CVE-2026-68478

memstick: ms_block: reject a card that reports too many blocks

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < a4b9961efe8640f50800811b4a2b2046b3dc2cccaffected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < 8937b11f1c3896e066c3fb07387ba17bc8c50b8aaffected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < f1c675ecf6e5ad02722f0019f729d8bb588d502eaffected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < d5db3439ee8d1c165a09a47e984c4ba508c130dfaffected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < b86666ac4009a252501cc17242582a7ec9ed976eaffected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < 39151f0708c84221e94cdd6aa070aba5d7cb1c01affected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < 47f0c7d856c67c9935546d2644f18c0d0131b449affected
  • 0ab30494bc4f3bc1ea4659b7c5d97c5218554a63 to < 718178f524b98bc920d74bc771aed823c8b81425affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 3.12affected
  • 0 to < 3.12unaffected
  • 5.10.261 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.212 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.178 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.145 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.97 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.40 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.1.5 to ≤ 7.1.*unaffected
  • 7.2 to ≤ *unaffected

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