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i < numpps; i += 1) {\n\t\tstruct ppe *p = pvd->ppe + i;\n\t\t...\n\t\tlp_ix = be16_to_cpu(p->lp_ix);\n\npvd points at a single kmalloc()'d struct pvd whose ppe[] member holds a\nfixed ARRAY_SIZE(pvd->ppe) (1016) entries, but the loop runs up to the\non-disk pp_count. pp_count is an unvalidated __be16 read straight from\nthe descriptor, so a crafted AIX image with pp_count larger than 1016\ndrives the loop to read pvd->ppe[i] past the end of the allocation (up\nto 65535 entries, ~2 MB out of bounds).\n\nThe partition scan runs without mounting anything, when a block device\nwith a crafted AIX/IBM partition table appears (an attacker-supplied\nimage attached with losetup -P, or a device auto-scanned by udev), via\nmsdos_partition() -> aix_partition().\n\nClamp the scan to the number of entries the ppe[] array can hold."}], "id": "CVE-2026-64318", "lastModified": "2026-09-03T15:49:23.270", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.1, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.2, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}]}, "published": "2026-07-25T10:17:13.147", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09861651617ba0fec089e8b9477439e68398c110"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dc0bfd2fe355fb930de63c2f2eb8ced8570c579"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44f37ee92fdcd377c41bdf6a31cdd8cc7d4c410e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4671bb74bba05fdd4acf670a35758c29e8c97b83"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5eacdb1967378f5e5591cd27a2d8cdee2df1a599"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5e9c09309e18fd9839ad007c238120353ca0cc4"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce93228e2193a17d2c58b656e439bb39fe5c3af8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd94a779020f2ecc8b2607f4c20b34acb1763b9a"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}