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block: recompute nr_integrity_segments in blk_insert_cloned_request

Published Jul 24, 2026

Description

blk_insert_cloned_request() already recomputes nr_phys_segments against the bottom queue, because "the queue settings related to segment counting may differ from the original queue." The exact same reasoning applies to integrity segments: a stacked driver's underlying queue can have tighter virt_boundary_mask, seg_boundary_mask, or max_segment_size than the top queue, in which case blk_rq_count_integrity_sg() against the bottom queue produces a different count than the cached rq->nr_integrity_segments inherited from the source request by blk_rq_prep_clone().

When the cached count is lower than the bottom queue's actual count, blk_rq_map_integrity_sg() trips

BUG_ON(segments > rq->nr_integrity_segments);

on dispatch. The same families of stacked setups that motivated the existing nr_phys_segments recompute -- dm-multipath fanning out to nvme-rdma in particular -- can produce this.

Mirror the nr_phys_segments handling: when the request carries integrity, recompute nr_integrity_segments against the bottom queue and reject the request if it exceeds the bottom queue's max_integrity_segments. blk_rq_count_integrity_sg() and queue_max_integrity_segments() are both already available via <linux/blk-integrity.h>, which blk-mq.c includes.

This closes a latent gap in the stacking contract and brings the integrity-segment accounting in line with the existing phys-segment accounting.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner Linux
Published Jul 24, 2026
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Reserved Jul 19, 2026
NVD
Status Analyzed
Modified Aug 12, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Jul 24, 2026
ENISA EUVD
Assigner Linux
Published Jul 24, 2026
Updated Aug 5, 2026
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2026-48640