CVE-2026-43278

Estado: AnalizadaAlta (7.8)—

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

dm: clear cloned request bio pointer when last clone bio completes

Stale rq->bio values have been observed to cause double-initialization of cloned bios in request-based device-mapper targets, leading to use-after-free and double-free scenarios.

One such case occurs when using dm-multipath on top of a PCIe NVMe namespace, where cloned request bios are freed during blk_complete_request(), but rq->bio is left intact. Subsequent clone teardown then attempts to free the same bios again via blk_rq_unprep_clone().

The resulting double-free path looks like:

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Fix this by clearing the clone request's bio pointer when the last cloned bio completes, ensuring that later teardown paths do not attempt to free already-released bios.

Detalles técnicos trazas, registros y código del informe original

  nvme_pci_complete_batch()
    nvme_complete_batch()
      blk_mq_end_request_batch()
        blk_complete_request()        // called on a DM clone request
          bio_endio()                 // first free of all clone bios
          ...
        rq->end_io()                  // end_clone_request()
          dm_complete_request(tio->orig)
            dm_softirq_done()
              dm_done()
                dm_end_request()
                  blk_rq_unprep_clone()  // second free of clone bios

CVSS

Versión: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Puntuación base: 7.8

Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)

Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.17%
Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 6
Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).

🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK

Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.

ExplotaciónT1068 Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 %
Impacto principalT1499.004 Application or System Exploitationimpact75 %

Vulnerabilidad local (AV:L/PR:L) en kernel Linux que causa double-free; permite DoS por crash del kernel o ejecución de código con privilegios elevados desde contexto local.

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Tecnologías afectadas (1)

Linux — Linux Kernel

CWE

CWE-415

Referencias

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