dm-io: clone the source bio instead of copying its biovec

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-89578
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-09-11 20:19:42 UTC
Updated2026-09-11 20:19:42 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm-io: clone the source bio instead of copying its biovec For DM_IO_BIO requests, do_region() built each destination bio by walking the source bio's biovec and re-adding the pages one at a time, tracking the remaining transfer in sectors. The vector lengths are byte granular and need not be sector aligned (e.g. a misaligned O_DIRECT buffer split across pages), so the sector-based accounting could lose a sub-sector fragment: to_sector() truncated the remainder and the outer loop spun forever submitting empty bios, hanging the I/O. There is no need to rebuild the biovec at all. The destination reads into (or writes from) exactly the same pages as the source bio, so the bio can simply clone the source's biovec with bio_alloc_clone() and remap it to the target device. The clone inherits the source's iterator and alignment, and the block layer splits it to the target's limits on submission, so the whole region maps to a single cloned bio with no manual page copying or sector accounting. This removes the per-page copy path (and its open-coded bvec dpages helpers) for bio-backed I/O and fixes the hang on misaligned direct I/O to a dm-mirror device. Page-list, vma and kmem sources keep the existing copy path.

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 5ff3f74e145adc79b49668adb8de276446acf6be 9493ac67623d45b7d4671d2b0b4d0633c2bc2e51 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5ff3f74e145adc79b49668adb8de276446acf6be 8dc48b68d7c3e6ecaae80fc1592befb0e8603d6c git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5ff3f74e145adc79b49668adb8de276446acf6be 62dc37a819a5a5de5cba989ad9e96ee214b9253e git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 6.18 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.50 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2.4 7.2.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.3-rc1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/9493ac67623d45b7d4671d2b0b4d0633c2bc2e51 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/62dc37a819a5a5de5cba989ad9e96ee214b9253e 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/8dc48b68d7c3e6ecaae80fc1592befb0e8603d6c 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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