CVE-2026-46303
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CVE-2026-46303 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 8.2/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: isofs: validate Rock Ridge CE continuation extent against volume size rock_continue() reads rs->cont_extent verbatim from the Rock Ridge CE record and passes it to sb_bread() without checking that the block number is within the mounted ISO 9660 volume. commit e595447e177b ("[PATCH] rock.c: handle corrupted directories") added cont_offset and cont_size rejection for the CE continuation but did not validate the extent block number itself. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: isofs: validate Rock Ridge CE continuation extent against volume size rock_continue() reads rs->cont_extent verbatim from the Rock Ridge CE record and passes it to sb_bread() without checking that the block number is within the mounted ISO 9660 volume. commit e595447e177b ("[PATCH] rock.c: handle corrupted directories") added cont_offset and cont_size rejection for the CE continuation but did not validate the extent block number itself. commit f54e18f1b831 ("isofs: Fix infinite looping over CE entries") later capped the CE chain length at RR_MAX_CE_ENTRIES = 32 but again left the block number unchecked. With a crafted ISO mounted via udisks2 (desktop optical auto-mount) or via CAP_SYS_ADMIN mount, rs->cont_extent can therefore point at an out-of-range block or at blocks belonging to an adjacent filesystem on the same block device. sb_bread() on an out-of-range block returns NULL cleanly via the block layer EIO path, so there is no memory-safety violation. For in-range reads of adjacent- filesystem data, the CE buffer is parsed as Rock Ridge records and only the text of SL sub-records reaches userspace through readlink(), which makes the info-leak channel narrow and difficult to exploit; still, rejecting the malformed CE outright matches the rejection shape already present in the same function for cont_offset and cont_size. Add an ISOFS_SB(sb)->s_nzones bounds check to rock_continue() next to the existing offset/size rejection, printing the same corrupted-directory-entry notice.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
Weakness Enumeration
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 2.6.32.66, < 2.6.33 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.2.67, < 3.3 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.4.107, < 3.5 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.10.64, < 3.11 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.12.36, < 3.13 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.14.28, < 3.15 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.17.8, < 3.18 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 3.18.2, < 5.10.258 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.15.209 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.16, < 6.1.175 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.140 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.88 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.13, < 6.18.30 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 6.19, < 7.0.7 | — |
| Linux | Linux Kernel | 7.1 | Rc1 |
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