CVE-2026-89786
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Out-of-Bounds Read in Linux Kernel ext4 Filesystem
Vulnerability report for CVE-2026-89786, including description, CVSS score, EPSS score, affected products, exploitability, helpful resources, and attack-flow context.
Publication date: 2026-09-16
Last updated on: 2026-09-16
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir()
ext4_read_inline_dir() can read a dirent header past the end of its inline
buffer, triggering a slab-out-of-bounds read during getdents64():
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __ext4_check_dir_entry
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88800f3dd23c by task exploit/148
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__ext4_check_dir_entry
ext4_read_inline_dir
iterate_dir
The dirent payload lives in a buffer of exactly inline_size bytes:
dir_buf = kmalloc(inline_size, GFP_NOFS);
but iteration runs in a position space extra_offset bytes larger
(extra_size = extra_offset + inline_size) so the synthetic "." and ".."
land at their block-dir offsets. A dirent is formed at "dir_buf + pos -
extra_offset", yet the ext4_check_dir_entry() length argument uses the
larger extra_size. A position whose dirent header would extend past
extra_size is therefore accepted, and the rescan loop's rec_len probe and
ext4_check_dir_entry() dereference de->rec_len before the entry is rejected.
Reject a position whose minimum-size dirent header would not fit within
extra_size before forming de, in both the rescan and main loops, and pass
inline_size rather than extra_size to ext4_check_dir_entry() so the length
check matches the physical buffer.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | * |
Helpful Resources
Exploitability
CWE
KEV
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-UNKNOWN |
