CVE-2026-72025
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/monwriter: Reject buffer reuse with different data length When data buffers are reused, e.g. for interval sample records, the first record determines the data length, and the size…
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/monwriter: Reject buffer reuse with different data length When data buffers are reused, e.g. for interval sample records, the first record determines the data length, and the size of the buffer for user copy. Current monwriter code does not check if the data length was changed for subsequent records, which also would never happen for valid user programs. However, a malicious user could change the data length, resulting in out of bounds user copy to the kernel buffer, and memory corruption. By default, the monwriter misc device is created with root-only permissions, so practical impact is typically low. Fix this by checking for changed data length and rejecting such records.
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- EPSS
- 0.22% probability · 12th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f3ce411711c2c919598ea25320a5a48f71edbc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/036bc5661060702e798d215e81bb46da530965b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/096dff1247037d329c04b3a5be0ecdfb1c5c7ac6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2995ccec260caa9e85b3301a4aba1e66ed80ad74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/759d91378203ea35fa9bca6726dcf0010de081fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae5347f3db1782c6118f6cc0d9fd8b1d43397db3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d39cf4a6d721b1ae21eb53bbf3e8cd984253d7ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0745496f7c171271cafd9457df3b914a483ddeb
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