CVE-2026-98533: ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU
Published Oct 18, 2026
·Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU
ipebdevsetintegrity() frees the old root hash when dm-verity publishes a new one on ->preresume, while policy evaluation can still be dereferencing it.
Protect the root hash with RCU. The evaluation path already runs under rcureadlock().
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Affected Software
1 affected component
Linux Linux kernel
Event History
Oct 18, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·03:17 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·03:17 PM
Description
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:17 PM
Description