CVE-2026-45991
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: fix partition descriptor append bookkeeping Mounting a crafted UDF image with repeated partition descriptors can trigger a heap out-of-bounds write in part_descs_loc[]. handle_partition_descriptor() deduplicates entries by partition number, but appended slots never record partnum. As a result duplicate Partition Descriptors are appended repeatedly and num_part_descs keeps growing. Once the table is full, the growth path still sizes the allocation from partnum even though inserts are indexed by num_part_descs. If partnum is already aligned to PART_DESC_ALLOC_STEP, ALIGN(partnum, step) can keep the old capacity and the next append writes past the end of the table. Store partnum in the appended slot and size growth from the next append count so deduplication and capacity tracking follow the same model.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.17%• Percentile: 7%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-787•Out-of-bounds Write
The product writes data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected Systems
- chainguard•hyperv-daemons-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-fips-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-aws-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-fips-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-azure-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-desktop-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-firecracker-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
< 6.18.38-r2 | all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-fips-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-gcp-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-bootc
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-bootc-boot-installed
< 6.18.38-r2 | all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-fips-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-6.18-modules
all
- chainguard•linux-qemu-melange
all | < 6.18.49-r2
- chainguard•linux-vmware-6.18
all
- chainguard•linux-vmware-6.18-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-vmware-6.18-fips-boot-installed
all
- chainguard•linux-vmware-6.18-headers
all
- chainguard•linux-vmware-6.18-modules
all
- debian•linux
< 5.10.259-1 | < 6.1.176-1 | < 6.12.88-1 | < 7.0.4-1
- debian•linux-6.1
< 6.1.176-1~deb11u1
- ubuntu•linux
all | all | < 6.8.0-136.136 | all | < 7.0.0-27.27
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | all | < 6.8.0-1061.64 | all | < 7.0.0-1008.8
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
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References (34)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/058b451b1039f056d1362c4fec2229e522366ab0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5597bb83fc37b5b5da74a4453fa920b932cf39a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08fa5d818e5bf53c7ca234d88ba334f32004e9b6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08841b06fa64d8edbd1a21ca6e613420c90cc4b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad3c0c4400686f6f37b382aaa48fac2b9aefccbe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68013a9bd4c01acd42073715f00e1a1992f089ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8474cfbac9ada2cdaa4eaedec22aadfa0f58559
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-45991
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-45991
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/08841b06fa64d8edbd1a21ca6e613420c90cc4b8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8488-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8489-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8488-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8507-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8569-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8567-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8574-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8574-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8595-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8596-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8603-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8595-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8606-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8607-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8608-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8609-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8574-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8595-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8619-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-45991
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8665-1
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/45xxx/CVE-2026-45991.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-45991
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git