Medium [CVE-2026-53015] unify lcn as u64 for 32-bit platforms
This medium-severity Red Hat Linux advisory covers CVE-2026-53015 affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat package: kernel.
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: unify lcn as u64 for 32-bit platforms As sashiko reported [1], `lcn` was typed as `unsigned long` (or `unsigned int` sometimes), which is only 32 bits wide on 32-bit platforms, which causes `(lcn << lclusterbits)` to be truncated at 4 GiB.
In order to consolidate the logic, just use `u64` consistently around the codebase. [1] On 32-bit platforms, the `lcn` variable, used for logical cluster numbers, was defined as a 32-bit integer. This could lead to truncation when calculating offsets larger than 4 Gigabytes (GiB), potentially causing incorrect data handling within the filesystem.
Red Hat severity: Low — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-190.
Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
Affected products named by the advisory: Red Hat package: kernel.
Affected versions
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Mitigation
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