Linux
CVE-2026-99136: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-crypt: fix a tiny race condition in crypt_dec_pending crypt_dec_pending reads io->error
CVE-2026-99136 Oct 28, 2026 Source: Vendor
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dm-crypt: fix a tiny race condition in crypt_dec_pending
crypt_dec_pending reads io->error before calling atomic_dec_and_test.
Another context, for example crypt_endio called from an interrupt, may
set io->error and drop its reference between the read and the
decrement. crypt_dec_pending then drops the last reference and completes
the bio with the stale status - so a read that failed and was never
decrypted, or a write that fa
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