libnvdimm/labels: Prevent integer overflow in __nd_label_validate()

Overview

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

libnvdimm/labels: Prevent integer overflow in __nd_label_validate()

The on-media namespace index field nslot is a u32 read from the DIMM label storage area. __nd_label_validate() bounds it against the config area size, but sizeof_namespace_label() returns unsigned, so the product nslot * label_size is evaluated in 32-bit and wraps modulo 2^32 before the comparison. A crafted nslot passes the bound and is then used as the loop trip count in nd_label_data_init(), whose memset() walks off the end of the config_size buffer: an out-of-bounds write.

The field is not trusted -- it comes from the medium, or from userspace via ND_CMD_SET_CONFIG_DATA. Evaluate the product in 64-bit so the bound check is exact; conforming labels are unaffected.

The check was safe when introduced by commit 4a826c83db4e ("libnvdimm: namespace indices: read and validate"): it multiplied by sizeof(struct nd_namespace_label), a size_t, so on a 64-bit build the product did not wrap. Commit 564e871aa66f ("libnvdimm, label: add v1.2 nvdimm label definitions") narrowed it to 32 bits when the label size became a runtime value read via sizeof_namespace_label().

Affected

• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < b4975f2ff6c82adc24ae547f029f82530ba43cfe
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < 6030597ec683d1e5b46445f888bb5c7776b5a0c4
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < 1c391696d2791f82ae462e11da9a0d96f90b240c
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < 93967bfb17dab66642c57e609c99e1a91fe11278
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < e057efcc9c71d90099d9ee00bed0748d0e9fd586
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < 09e649117c54b7e1c004f22eaa19efbadd9ac856
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < 69a734359639fca16a0dd73ab17a34943e76c68b
• Linux >= 564e871aa66f548a947b23808d3140f326381f0c < 037770686126155eafc44501312989e2837b9659
• Linux 4.13

Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.

Vendor advisories

• Red Hat VEX · Moderate · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · no fix planned: Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, … · updated 2026-09-15 · vex