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CVE-2026-74470
scsi: scsi_debug: Fix REPORT ZONES alloc_len underflow OOB write
Published 2026-08-15 (2 months ago) by the Linux kernel CNA. Subsystem drivers/scsi. Debian urgency: not yet assigned.
What to do, per Debian release
Debian's own status for CVE-2026-74470 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source
| Release | Status | Version | What this means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 12bookworm | fixedDLA-4777-1 · 2026-09-08 · text | 6.1.187-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. DLA-4777-1 shipped the fix on 2026-09-08, in 6.1.187-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 13trixie | fixedDSA-6466-1 · 2026-08-25 · text | 6.12.105-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. DSA-6466-1 shipped the fix on 2026-08-25, in 6.12.105-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 14forky | fixed | 7.1.8-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.1.8-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian unstablesid | fixed | 7.1.8-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.1.8-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 12bookworm · linux-6.12 | fixedDLA-4788-1 · 2026-09-19 · text | 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 | Update the kernel and reboot. DLA-4788-1 shipped the fix on 2026-09-19, in 6.12.107-1~deb12u1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
The vulnerability
What the bug is
resp_report_zones() sizes the reply buffer from the CDB allocation length. The v3 fix rounds alloc_len up with ALIGN() before deriving the descriptor count: rep_max_zones = (ALIGN((u64)alloc_len, RZONES_DESC_HD) - RZONES_DESC_HD) >> ilog2(RZONES_DESC_HD); arr_len = (u64)RZONES_DESC_HD * (rep_max_zones + 1); For alloc_len in 0xFFFFFFC1..0xFFFFFFFF, ALIGN() rounds up to 0x100000000, so arr_len is 4 GB. On 32-bit, kzalloc()'s size_t is 32-bit and truncates 0x100000000 to 0; kzalloc(0) returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR, which passes the !arr check, and desc = arr + 64 is then dereferenced in the loop -> out-of-bounds write / panic. Clamp rep_max_zones to devip->nr_zones. The loop already stops at sdebug_capacity (after nr_zones zones), so a report can never hold more than nr_zones descriptors; the clamp does not change the report, it only bounds arr_len to (nr_zones + 1) * RZONES_DESC_HD, a real device property that can never reach 0x100000000.
Where it lives
The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.
drivers/scsi/scsi_debug.c
- What this is
- SCSI SUBSYSTEMMAINTAINERS section matched on drivers/scsi/ · linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org · Maintained
- Kernel module
- scsi_debug
Check it on the machine
grep -w CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG /boot/config-$(uname -r)Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.
lsmod | grep -w scsi_debugPrints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.
Show whether Debian builds this, per release
Debian builds this, but not on every flavour. At least one release below builds the code on some of its kernel flavours and not on others, so the answer depends on the architecture and flavour installed.
- bookwormMnot built on arm64/arm64, arm64/cloud-arm64, arm64/rt/arm64, armhf/armmp, armhf/armmp-lpae, armhf/rt/armmp, ppc64el/powerpc64le
- trixieMnot built on arm64/arm64, arm64/arm64-16k, arm64/cloud-arm64, arm64/rt/arm64, armel/rpi, armhf/armmp, armhf/armmp-lpae, armhf/rt/armmp, ppc64el/powerpc64le, ppc64el/powerpc64le-64k, riscv64/riscv64, s390x/s390x
- forky, sidMnot built on arm64/arm64, arm64/arm64-16k, arm64/cloud-arm64, arm64/rt-arm64, armhf/armmp, armhf/armmp-lpae, loong64/loong64, ppc64el/powerpc64le, ppc64el/powerpc64le-64k, riscv64/riscv64, s390x/s390x
- bookworm · linux-6.12Mnot built on arm64/arm64, arm64/arm64-16k, arm64/cloud-arm64, arm64/rt/arm64, armhf/armmp, armhf/armmp-lpae, armhf/rt/armmp, ppc64el/powerpc64le, ppc64el/powerpc64le-64k
- M
- a module where it is built at all; some flavours do not build it
- Build switch
- CONFIG_SCSI_DEBUG
From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages
Signals
- Published
- 2026-08-15 (2 months ago)source
- CVSS
- 7.8 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsource recompute it - Attack vector
- local (AV:L)source
- EPSS
- 0.13%, higher than 2.3% of all CVEssource
- CISA KEV
- not listedthe KEV catalogue
- Debian urgency
- not yet assignedsource
- Subsystem
- drivers/scsi
Upstream fixes
The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source
| Introduced | Fixed in | Commit |
|---|---|---|
| 5.15.8 | 5.15.217 | 7b615fc139e3 |
| 5.16 | 6.1.183 | 5d3e1d006bbb |
| 5.16 | 6.6.151 | 49e5b25a0b74 |
| 5.16 | 6.12.103 | 495058429ca5 |
| 5.16 | 6.18.44 | 2047ed09bf13 |
| 5.16 | 7.1.8 | d6e6da6bc3b5 |
| 5.16 | 7.2 | 93dde0bf2f39 |
| 5.10.85 | 0 | 0 |
Debian advisories
| Advisory | Date | Shipped to | Debian |
|---|---|---|---|
| DLA-4788-1 | 2026-09-19 | bookworm 6.12.107-1~deb12u1 | tracker |
| DLA-4777-1 | 2026-09-08 | bookworm 6.1.187-1 | tracker |
| DSA-6466-1 | 2026-08-25 | trixie 6.12.105-1 | tracker |
Why the CNA scored it this way
Quoted from the kernel CNA's own scoring file, word for word. A highlighted metric carries the most severe value CVSS v3.1 defines for it, which is what pushes the score up. source
- AV:LAttack vector, local
- The bug is reached by sending a crafted ZONE IN REPORT ZONES SCSI CDB through local SG_IO/BSG ioctl on a scsi_debug zoned LUN; scsi_debug is a pseudo host simulator with no native network protocol handler.
- AC:LAttack complexity, low
- Once scsi_debug is loaded in host-managed zoned mode, a single REPORT ZONES command with ALLOCATION LENGTH 1-63 reliably underflows rep_max_zones and forces heap writes past a tiny kzalloc buffer; no races or victim-dependent timing are required.
- PR:LPrivileges required, low
- ZBC_IN is whitelisted in scsi_cmd_allowed() without CAP_SYS_RAWIO, so any local user who can open the scsi_debug /dev/sg or BSG node (e.g., disk group) can issue the malicious CDB; module load and zoned setup are environmental, not exploit-time privileges.
- UI:NUser interaction, none
- Exploitation requires only the attacker issuing SG_IO/BSG with a malicious REPORT ZONES CDB; no separate victim interaction such as mounting media or clicking a prompt is needed.
- S:UScope, unchanged
- The out-of-bounds write corrupts kernel heap memory in the same host kernel security authority; it is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-boundary compromise.
- C:HConfidentiality impact, high
- The kmalloc heap out-of-bounds write can corrupt adjacent slab objects and be groomed into arbitrary kernel memory disclosure primitives; per kernel guidance, exploitable out-of-bounds writes warrant High confidentiality impact.
- I:HIntegrity impact, high
- Attacker-controlled REPORT ZONES allocation length drives rep_max_zones and causes repeated 64-byte descriptor writes far beyond the allocated buffer, providing a kernel heap out-of-bounds write suitable for control-data corruption and privilege escalation.
- A:HAvailability impact, high
- Writing zone descriptors from arr+64 when the buffer is smaller than 64 bytes immediately corrupts out-of-bounds kernel memory and commonly triggers KASAN faults, kernel oops, or panic, satisfying High availability impact.