Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-crypt: fix a tiny race condition in crypt_dec_pending crypt_dec_pending reads io->error before calling atomic_dec_and_test. Another context, for example crypt_endio called from an interrupt, may set io->error and drop its reference between the read and the decrement. crypt_dec_pending then drops the last reference and completes the bio with the stale status - so a read that failed and was never decrypted, or a write that failed, is reported as successful. The read was placed before the decrement by commit b35f8caa0890 ("dm crypt: wait for endio to complete before destruction"), because that commit freed dm_crypt_io before calling bio_endio. This is no longer the case, dm_crypt_io lives in the per-bio data now. Read io->error after atomic_dec_and_test instead. atomic_dec_and_test is fully ordered, so no additional barrier is needed.
References8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/056bf8322e39a48026df352d6227ec03dd8cd032
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/148845aa1921d95ef5dc851c76e6a284f6657df6
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/445a6883f46d3ab1ff545199a8cc1d5834936d3f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f16bb982b27b9f5a15301f622c318001fe521f8
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ac8546df1f8a2b1ca7f6d67c269057a99fbbf8c
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f82e86471c92fd874f2630c9a6af887f4ed1a77
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5d887ab93592fc5e3605fe30c1d8d232d609b3
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9d7069bb79139271b54dc477f07e242c445de6b
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.0
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 2 · as of 3 November 2026
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