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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 17, 2026

CVE-2026-90333

CVE-2026-90333

Description

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

dm-integrity: replace forgeable discard filler with a keyed sector marker

The discard-block check in dm_integrity_rw_tag() treats a stored tag of all 0xf6 bytes (DISCARD_FILLER) as proof a block was discarded and skips HMAC verification. allow_discards is only accepted in dm-integrity's standalone mode. An attacker with raw write access to the backing device, but without the integrity key, can stamp any block with an all-0xf6 tag and have it served as authentic.

Add a new "allow_discards_keyed" target argument that marks discarded blocks with a keyed checksum of (salt || sector) instead, computed by integrity_discard_checksum().

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