util-linux: fix CVE-2026-13595

This patch applies the upstream stable/v2.41 backport for
CVE-2026-13595. The upstream fix merge or commit is referenced in [1],
and the public CVE advisory is referenced in [2]. The individual
backported commit links are recorded in the embedded patch headers
when the fix expands to multiple commits.

[1] https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/132d9c8aa15a8efd0a23d8ca7ed8b98f365e84fa
[2] https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-13595

(From OE-Core rev: 9f4a0789961def89303e6e8a211c944e41c29cab)

Signed-off-by: Deepak Rathore <deeratho@cisco.com>
Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
Signed-off-by: Paul Barker <paul@pbarker.dev>
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Deepak Rathore authored and Paul Barker committed 2026-07-22 21:08:55 +01:00
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@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/utils/util-linux/v${MAJOR_VERSION}/util-lin
file://CVE-2025-14104-01.patch \
file://CVE-2025-14104-02.patch \
file://CVE-2026-27456.patch \
file://CVE-2026-13595.patch \
"
SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "7b6605e48d1a49f43cc4b4cfc59f313d0dd5402fa40b96810bd572e167dfed0f"
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
From faf717ca4ed3b603eb213915fe15c6804c4b92d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 7 May 2026 12:50:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] libblkid: fix use-after-free in nested partition probing
The partitions list stores partitions in a contiguous array grown by
realloc(). When the array is reallocated to a new address, all
existing blkid_partition pointers (tab->parent, ls->next_parent, local
parent variables in nested probers) become dangling.
Fix this by changing the storage from an array of structs to an array
of pointers, where each partition is individually allocated via
calloc(). This makes all blkid_partition pointers stable across
reallocations -- only the pointer array itself may move, which is
harmless since no code caches pointers into the pointer array.
This eliminates the need for callers to re-fetch parent pointers after
every blkid_partlist_add_partition() call.
CVE: CVE-2026-13595
Upstream-Status: Backport [https://github.com/util-linux/util-linux/commit/132d9c8aa15a8efd0a23d8ca7ed8b98f365e84fa]
Backport Changes:
- Scarthgap util-linux 2.39.3 still uses realloc() at this allocation site,
so this backport keeps realloc() and changes only the element size to
sizeof(*ls->parts) instead of adopting upstream's reallocarray() style.
- The commit text was adjusted from reallocarray() to realloc() to match the
target source context.
Reported-by: Thai Duong <thaidn@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Karel Zak <kzak@redhat.com>
(cherry picked from commit c0186f14fbdb02f64c8e0ba701ce727ea764ff4c)
(cherry picked from commit 132d9c8aa15a8efd0a23d8ca7ed8b98f365e84fa)
Signed-off-by: Deepak Rathore <deeratho@cisco.com>
---
libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c | 36 ++++++++++++++++++----------
1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
diff --git a/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c b/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c
index 8ebf480f5..6089028a8 100644
--- a/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c
+++ b/libblkid/src/partitions/partitions.c
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ struct blkid_struct_partlist {
int nparts; /* number of partitions */
int nparts_max; /* max.number of partitions */
- blkid_partition parts; /* array of partitions */
+ blkid_partition *parts; /* array of pointers to partitions */
struct list_head l_tabs; /* list of partition tables */
};
@@ -356,13 +356,16 @@ static void reset_partlist(blkid_partlist ls)
free_parttables(ls);
if (ls->next_partno) {
- /* already initialized - reset */
- int tmp_nparts = ls->nparts_max;
- blkid_partition tmp_parts = ls->parts;
+ /* already initialized - free individually allocated partitions */
+ int i, tmp_nparts_max = ls->nparts_max;
+ blkid_partition *tmp_parts = ls->parts;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < ls->nparts; i++)
+ free(ls->parts[i]);
memset(ls, 0, sizeof(struct blkid_struct_partlist));
- ls->nparts_max = tmp_nparts;
+ ls->nparts_max = tmp_nparts_max;
ls->parts = tmp_parts;
}
@@ -397,6 +400,7 @@ static void partitions_free_data(blkid_probe pr __attribute__((__unused__)),
void *data)
{
blkid_partlist ls = (blkid_partlist) data;
+ int i;
if (!ls)
return;
@@ -404,6 +408,8 @@ static void partitions_free_data(blkid_probe pr __attribute__((__unused__)),
free_parttables(ls);
/* deallocate partitions and partlist */
+ for (i = 0; i < ls->nparts; i++)
+ free(ls->parts[i]);
free(ls->parts);
free(ls);
}
@@ -436,16 +442,18 @@ static blkid_partition new_partition(blkid_partlist ls, blkid_parttable tab)
/* Linux kernel has DISK_MAX_PARTS=256, but it's too much for
* generic Linux machine -- let start with 32 partitions.
*/
- void *tmp = realloc(ls->parts, (ls->nparts_max + 32) *
- sizeof(struct blkid_struct_partition));
+ void *tmp = realloc(ls->parts, (ls->nparts_max + 32) *
+ sizeof(*ls->parts));
if (!tmp)
return NULL;
ls->parts = tmp;
ls->nparts_max += 32;
}
- par = &ls->parts[ls->nparts++];
- memset(par, 0, sizeof(struct blkid_struct_partition));
+ par = calloc(1, sizeof(struct blkid_struct_partition));
+ if (!par)
+ return NULL;
+ ls->parts[ls->nparts++] = par;
ref_parttable(tab);
par->tab = tab;
@@ -849,7 +857,7 @@ int blkid_probe_is_covered_by_pt(blkid_probe pr,
/* check if the partition table fits into the device */
for (i = 0; i < nparts; i++) {
- blkid_partition par = &ls->parts[i];
+ blkid_partition par = ls->parts[i];
if (par->start + par->size > (pr->size >> 9)) {
DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("partition #%d overflows "
@@ -861,7 +869,7 @@ int blkid_probe_is_covered_by_pt(blkid_probe pr,
/* check if the requested area is covered by PT */
for (i = 0; i < nparts; i++) {
- blkid_partition par = &ls->parts[i];
+ blkid_partition par = ls->parts[i];
if (start >= par->start && end <= par->start + par->size) {
rc = 1;
@@ -960,7 +968,7 @@ blkid_partition blkid_partlist_get_partition(blkid_partlist ls, int n)
if (n < 0 || n >= ls->nparts)
return NULL;
- return &ls->parts[n];
+ return ls->parts[n];
}
blkid_partition blkid_partlist_get_partition_by_start(blkid_partlist ls, uint64_t start)
@@ -1072,7 +1080,7 @@ blkid_partition blkid_partlist_devno_to_partition(blkid_partlist ls, dev_t devno
* and an entry in partition table.
*/
for (i = 0; i < ls->nparts; i++) {
- blkid_partition par = &ls->parts[i];
+ blkid_partition par = ls->parts[i];
if (partno != blkid_partition_get_partno(par))
continue;
@@ -1088,7 +1096,7 @@ blkid_partition blkid_partlist_devno_to_partition(blkid_partlist ls, dev_t devno
DBG(LOWPROBE, ul_debug("searching by offset/size"));
for (i = 0; i < ls->nparts; i++) {
- blkid_partition par = &ls->parts[i];
+ blkid_partition par = ls->parts[i];
if ((uint64_t)blkid_partition_get_start(par) == start &&
(uint64_t)blkid_partition_get_size(par) == size)