# CVE-2026-99098: dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow in inline mode with large tag size

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2026-10-26 · Updated: 2026-10-26

## Affected

- Linux: from fb0987682c629c1d2c476f35f6fde405a5e304a4, fixed in 3c7aad85aeb9e28386672e3a009aa2e61f751b86; from fb0987682c629c1d2c476f35f6fde405a5e304a4, fixed in 4f0ee735dc68e3e6c4dd9a666d7f7047163c4165; from fb0987682c629c1d2c476f35f6fde405a5e304a4, fixed in f49cd7820cd0a96f20e1aa2708adb002124e38a7; from fb0987682c629c1d2c476f35f6fde405a5e304a4, fixed in 764b683a6180fd72c931c13fea98d383506a3475
- Linux: 6.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-integrity: fix buffer overflow in inline mode with large tag size In inline mode, dm_integrity_check and dm_integrity_inline_recheck compute the checksum of each block into an on-stack buffer of HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE bytes. integrity_sector_checksum pads its result with zeroes up to the tag size, so if the tag size is larger than HASH_MAX_DIGESTSIZE, the padding runs past the end of the buffer. With CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR the kernel panics in dm_integrity_check on the first read. Enlarge both buffers to hold MAX_TAG_SIZE bytes, as commit b93b6643e9b5 ("dm integrity: fix a crash with unusually large tag size") did for integrity_metadata. Note that this is not a security bug because the buffer overflow can only be triggered by root.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c7aad85aeb9e28386672e3a009aa2e61f751b86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f0ee735dc68e3e6c4dd9a666d7f7047163c4165
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f49cd7820cd0a96f20e1aa2708adb002124e38a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764b683a6180fd72c931c13fea98d383506a3475

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