UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-98636
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: squashfs: Add dictionary size range check to prevent shift-out-of-bounds When an abnormal
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
squashfs: Add dictionary size range check to prevent shift-out-of-bounds
When an abnormal SquashFS image (COMP_OPTS flag is 1 but dictionary size
is 0) is mounted, and performs shift operations using dictionarysize, the
shift exponent is -1, causing a shift-out-of-bounds.
Detail as below:
squashfs_comp_opts(msblk, buffer, length)
squashfs_xz_comp_opts()
if (comp_opts)
n = ffs(opts->dict_size) - 1;<----opts->dict_size=0, n=-1
if (opts->dict_size != (1 << n) && opts->dict_size !=
(1 << n) + (1 << (n + 1))) <----shift-out-of-bounds
Fix it by adding a dictionary size range check before the shift operation.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cb85377daaefb4ce5ce72975f2deb27ee0e0cad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f7745fb3580152ca902ef181b605f33cabfb1d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a1c293e7aa17f1afaee0684e0e931fe23a5a6b1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88c673a0bd233df44ca0020da82f4fd3876de27a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d9c5c218ea356a1d88765214ad2919605280ab1
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-10-18 via NVD.
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