# CVE-2026-64322: udf: validate sparing table length as an entry count, not a byte count

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.33, 2.6.35, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, and 7 more
- Published: 2026-07-25 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in eeb0f3e193f8e523d03e4c9e084f6b4875f50e8e; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 0a9b79a951cfd70a9d31ca01ae2d08a20bb730e9; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 2d726135099313958f8975532a2e15322ff150ce; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 7285276aa50d2839afb5957ffd491ad282dc8f72; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 2a219acb2ce674d99bbd1b7b35ed8c384dac7200; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 04f4599a9efb90992d072a814960edf0cd62805d; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 7f7774b9da0ef17b87bfa238cf966ad0b3376150; from 1df2ae31c724e57be9d7ac00d78db8a5dabdd050, fixed in 3ec997bd5508e9b25210b5bbec89031629cdb093; from 2.6.32.60, fixed in 2.6.33; from 2.6.34.14, fixed in 2.6.35; from 3.0.37, fixed in 3.1; from 3.2.23, fixed in 3.3; from 3.4.5, fixed in 3.5
- Linux: 3.5
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.5.0, fixed in 5.10.261; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.212; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.178; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.145; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.96; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.39; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.1.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: validate sparing table length as an entry count, not a byte count udf_load_sparable_map() accepts a sparing table when sizeof(*st) + le16_to_cpu(st->reallocationTableLen) > sb->s_blocksize is false, i.e. it treats reallocationTableLen as a number of BYTES that must fit in the block. But the table is walked as an array of 8-byte sparingEntry elements: for (i = 0; i < le16_to_cpu(st->reallocationTableLen); i++) { struct sparingEntry *entry = &st->mapEntry[i]; ... entry->origLocation ... } in udf_get_pblock_spar15() and udf_relocate_blocks(). A reallocationTableLen of N therefore passes the check whenever sizeof(*st) + N <= blocksize, yet the consumers index sizeof(*st) + N * sizeof(struct sparingEntry) bytes -- up to ~8x the block. On a crafted UDF image this is an out-of-bounds read in udf_get_pblock_spar15(); udf_relocate_blocks() additionally feeds the same length to udf_update_tag(), whose crc_itu_t() reads far past the block, and its memmove() through st->mapEntry[] is an out-of-bounds write. Validate reallocationTableLen as the entry count it is, with struct_size().

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.33, 2.6.35, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb0f3e193f8e523d03e4c9e084f6b4875f50e8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a9b79a951cfd70a9d31ca01ae2d08a20bb730e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d726135099313958f8975532a2e15322ff150ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7285276aa50d2839afb5957ffd491ad282dc8f72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a219acb2ce674d99bbd1b7b35ed8c384dac7200
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04f4599a9efb90992d072a814960edf0cd62805d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f7774b9da0ef17b87bfa238cf966ad0b3376150
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ec997bd5508e9b25210b5bbec89031629cdb093

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