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zram: validate deflate params
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: zram: validate deflate params We must validate user-supplied deflate winbits before we pass it to zlib_deflate_workspacesize(), which triggers BUG_ON() if winbits value is outside of valid ranges.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.18.50, 7.2.4
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-89716
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 23:08 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: zram: validate deflate params We must validate user-supplied deflate winbits before we pass it to zlib_deflate_workspacesize(), which triggers BUG_ON() if winbits value is outside of valid ranges.
osv:CVE-2026-89716
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.18.50, 7.2.4
Complete source record
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