{"id":"CVE-2026-98533","title":"ipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU\n\nipe_bdev_setintegrity() frees the old root hash when dm-verity publishes\na new one on ->preresume, while policy evaluatio…","severity":"none","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","affected":["Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < 3bd335ed62444bec61201df7d368a0779e5bd300","Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < 599d0498a39319285afa908762e0c9fad29f772e","Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < d7c5bd3159235edb0f2febe2cd3d3b0fb53986f1","Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < 2776e9c28513a1c855a94792b292cbcc533418c8","Linux 6.12"],"published":"2026-10-18","updated":"2026-10-18","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-18T15:17:51.339Z","source":"CVEORG","sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98533","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bd335ed62444bec61201df7d368a0779e5bd300"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/599d0498a39319285afa908762e0c9fad29f772e"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7c5bd3159235edb0f2febe2cd3d3b0fb53986f1"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2776e9c28513a1c855a94792b292cbcc533418c8"}],"tags":["cve.org"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-18T15:45:12.279Z","slug":"CVE-2026-98533","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipe: protect the dm-verity root hash with RCU\n\nipe_bdev_setintegrity() frees the old root hash when dm-verity publishes\na new one on ->preresume, while policy evaluation can still be\ndereferencing it.\n\nProtect the root hash with RCU. The evaluation path already runs under\nrcu_read_lock().\n\n[FW: remove model name according to latest guideline]\n\n## Affected\n\n- `Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < 3bd335ed62444bec61201df7d368a0779e5bd300`\n- `Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < 599d0498a39319285afa908762e0c9fad29f772e`\n- `Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < d7c5bd3159235edb0f2febe2cd3d3b0fb53986f1`\n- `Linux >= e155858dd99523d4afe0f74e9c26e4f4499eb5af < 2776e9c28513a1c855a94792b292cbcc533418c8`\n- `Linux 6.12`\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}