util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Before util-linux 2.41.4, `parse_dos_extended()` in `libblkid/src/partitions/dos.c` computes an extended-partition start sector with 32-bit addition and does not apply the extended-area bounds checks to the first two EBR entries. A local attacker who causes a crafted DOS extended-partition disk image or removable medium to be probed can wrap `cur_start + start` to sector zero and cause libblkid to report a false partition overlapping the MBR. This directly compromises the integrity of the reported partition metadata; disk modification or availability loss requires a separate downstream consumer to act on that metadata. This issue is fixed in 2.41.4.
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USN-8702-1 | util-linux vulnerabilities |
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Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | util-linux is a random collection of Linux utilities. Before util-linux 2.41.4, `parse_dos_extended()` in `libblkid/src/partitions/dos.c` computes an extended-partition start sector with 32-bit addition and does not apply the extended-area bounds checks to the first two EBR entries. A local attacker who causes a crafted DOS extended-partition disk image or removable medium to be probed can wrap `cur_start + start` to sector zero and cause libblkid to report a false partition overlapping the MBR. This directly compromises the integrity of the reported partition metadata; disk modification or availability loss requires a separate downstream consumer to act on that metadata. This issue is fixed in 2.41.4. | |
| Title | util-linux libblkid DOS extended-partition overflow produces invalid partition metadata | |
| Weaknesses | CWE-190 | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-14T15:56:45.310Z
Reserved: 2026-06-09T19:39:52.405Z
Link: CVE-2026-53615
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-14T16:17:46.070
Modified: 2026-10-14T16:17:46.070
Link: CVE-2026-53615
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