UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-72369
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: minix: avoid overflow in bitmap block count calculation minix_check_superblock() uses mini
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
minix: avoid overflow in bitmap block count calculation
minix_check_superblock() uses minix_blocks_needed() to verify that the
on-disk imap and zmap block counts are large enough for the advertised
inode and zone counts.
The helper currently performs DIV_ROUND_UP() in unsigned int arithmetic.
A Minix v3 image can set s_ninodes or s_zones near UINT_MAX so the
addition inside DIV_ROUND_UP() wraps to zero. That makes a zero imap/zmap
block count look valid, after which minix_fill_super() can dereference
s_imap[0] or s_zmap[0] even though no bitmap buffers were allocated.
Impact: mounting a crafted Minix v3 image whose s_ninodes or s_zones is
near UINT_MAX makes minix_check_superblock() accept a zero bitmap-block
count and minix_fill_super() dereference s_imap[0]/s_zmap[0], panicking
the kernel.
The divisor is the bitmap capacity in bits, blocksize * 8, which is
always a power of two: minix_fill_super() obtains the block size through
sb_set_blocksize(), and blk_validate_block_size() rejects any size that
is not a power of two. Use DIV_ROUND_UP_POW2(), which divides before
adding the round-up term and so cannot overflow for a power-of-two
divisor.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a29e60e2176b02e04f8737c8b32b696230eb0c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/959c95340a9e19cd333b4c18935fdeecbb2f319d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a11ebaab50d27d6c4c78506f84ff36452e0b901d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abe3536a4bedcc43de80b6d4d7e3d57e9ba382a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb3e566cafc38fe3ba35e6843a2d529a3748870c
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-08-15 via NVD.
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