# CVE-2026-99159: ring-buffer: Fix the sub-buffer array base in rb\_meta\_subbuf\_idx()

- Also known as: EUVD-2026-111911, GHSA-PQHV-WX6P-7GP4
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.59, 7.2.13
- Published: 2026-10-28 · Updated: 2026-10-30

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.18.59; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.13

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ring-buffer: Fix the sub-buffer array base in rb_meta_subbuf_idx() On a persistent ring buffer, rb_meta_subbuf_idx() can return an index one sub-buffer too high. rb_setup_ids_meta_page() then fills subbuf_ids[] shifted by one and leaves subbuf_ids[0] NULL, which __rb_map_vma() dereferences when userspace maps trace_pipe_raw. rb_update_meta_reader() writes two such indices into meta->buffers[], which rb_cpu_meta_valid() would reject on the next boot, discarding the previous boot's trace. A CPU's sub-buffer array starts after its meta header and the nr_subbufs integers that follow, aligned up to a sub-buffer. rb_meta_subbuf_idx() inverts that calculation but skips only the integers, not the header, so its base is one sub-buffer low whenever the omitted header size crosses the alignment boundary. Invert the calculation with rb_subbufs_from_meta() rather than repeating it. rb_range_buffer() maps an index back to an address through the same helper, so the two directions can no longer disagree.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c0cf2240bb5ca5704ea932ba66ee54f43173915
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f1248b728b56d583ea454fedf239550c49f7b18
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7469b3585ef5f65840d467d2caa811a9098c84b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25132363c723afc39aace8b098f547ab4a0ea759

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