Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-80631)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-80631). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: lzo: reject compressed segment that overflows the compressed input
lzo_decompress_bio() validates each on-disk segment length seg_len only
against the workspace cbuf size, not against the compressed input size
(compressed_len, the total folio bytes of the bio). A crafted extent can
carry a segment whose seg_len passes the cbuf check but runs past the end
of the bio, so copy_compressed_segment() walks off the last folio:
get_current_folio() then returns the NULL folio from bio_next_folio(), and
with CONFIG_BTRFS_ASSERT disabled (default) folio_size(NULL) faults.
BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in lzo_decompress_bio (fs/btrfs/lzo.c:383)
Read of size 8 at addr 0000000000000000 by task kworker/u8:1/29
Workqueue: btrfs-endio simple_end_io_work
kasan_report (mm/kasan/report.c:590)
lzo_decompress_bio (fs/btrfs/lzo.c:383)
end_bbio_compressed_read (fs/btrfs/compression.c:1065)
btrfs_bio_end_io (fs/btrfs/bio.c:135)
btrfs_check_read_bio (fs/btrfs/bio.c:180 fs/btrfs/bio.c:285)
simple_end_io_work
process_one_work
worker_thread
Reject any segment whose payload would extend beyond compressed_len before
copying it, treating it as corruption like the other on-disk validation
failures in this function.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-80631 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-80631" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-80631 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-80631 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-80631 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-80631 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com
- web git.kernel.org