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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-53043" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-06-24T16:29:49.480Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:32:50.728Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:14.884Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53043" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53043.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53043" title: "ocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions()" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nocfs2/dlm: validate qr_numregions in dlm_match_regions()\n\nPatch series \"ocfs2/dlm: fix two bugs in dlm_match_regions()\".\n\nIn dlm_match_regions(), the qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION\nnetwork message is used to drive loops over the qr_regions buffer without\nsufficient validation. This series fixes two issues:\n\n- Patch 1 adds a bounds check to reject messages where qr_numregions\n exceeds O2NM_MAX_REGIONS. The o2net layer only validates message\n byte length; it does not constrain field values, so a crafted message\n can set qr_numregions up to 255 and trigger out-of-bounds reads past\n the 1024-byte qr_regions buffer.\n\n- Patch 2 fixes an off-by-one in the local-vs-remote comparison loop,\n which uses '\u003c=' instead of '\u003c', reading one entry past the valid range\n even when qr_numregions is within bounds.\n\n\nThis patch (of 2):\n\nThe qr_numregions field from a DLM_QUERY_REGION network message is used\ndirectly as loop bounds in dlm_match_regions() without checking against\nO2NM_MAX_REGIONS. Since qr_regions is sized for at most O2NM_MAX_REGIONS\n(32) entries, a crafted message with qr_numregions \u003e 32 causes\nout-of-bounds reads past the qr_regions buffer.\n\nAdd a bounds check for qr_numregions before entering the loops." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d3d5efade0c79dac1cac98c0cb1115432f804439"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f69551139caf6d24242a0ad049ee46b264e3aee0"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1f8b91275912cd428289c1fb424bebd7ff5302bd"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f37de46149db49abd2b24f4f0c5a88cf4dfb5f47"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"6c6e8fc3c007319981647b410c29bb5775048551"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3f474c33ebc2e2ca3fcb587d7de4375348f13373"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3c2d0de23ae4be22b6c18e8f0915be74d3b5fb21"},{"version":"ea2034416b54700e30371f2ad6517cbb94674083","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7ab3fbb01bc6d79091bc375e5235d360cd9b78be"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.37","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.37"},{"version":"5.10.258","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.209","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.175","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.141","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.91","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.33","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.0.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.0.*"},{"version":"7.1","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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