CVE-2026-89601

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Fix the problem by\nunconditionally marking the inode dirty and *then* call\nsync_inode_metadata()."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 8.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:N - nfsd SETATTR/SETXATTR and ksmbd truncate/EA handling call notify_change()/vfs_setxattr() into ext2_setattr()/ext2_xattr_set2() when an ext2 volume is NFS/SMB-exported (NAS and embedded USB-storage appliances, including sync-mounted disks); a remote client with write access therefore reaches the lost IS_SYNC inode update without a local shell.\nAC:L - The attacker can put the target in the IS_SYNC state at will (owner-writable FS_IOC_SETFLAGS/chattr +S, or a sync-mounted export) and then deterministically truncate or set/remove xattrs; sync_inode_metadata() skips a clean inode every time, with no race or memory layout outside attacker control.\nPR:L - The path is gated only by ordinary VFS write checks (inode_permission MAY_WRITE, xattr_permission for user.* xattrs, or inode_owner_or_capable() for FS_IOC_SETFLAGS); an unprivileged local user or a low-privilege NFS/SMB client with write access to a file suffices, and no init-namespace capability is required.\nUI:N - The attacker performs every step themselves (setting the SYNC flag, truncating or changing xattrs/ACLs, and driving inode reclaim); no separate victim action such as mounting a crafted image is required.\nS:U - Impact is confined to filesystem metadata and file data on the host that mounted the ext2 volume; this is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-authority boundary.\nC:H - Removing the last xattr on an IS_SYNC inode frees the EA block without persisting i_file_acl=0, leaving a dangling on-disk pointer; after that block is reused, ext2_xattr_get() memcpy()s its contents to userspace when the header looks valid, so the filesystem-level UAF discloses other files' data.\nI:H - The lost i_file_acl update leaves the on-disk inode pointing at a freed EA block, so a later in-place xattr write can corrupt whatever reused that block, including other users' files and metadata; intended-durable IS_SYNC size/ctime/ACL updates can also fail to land, corrupting filesystem state.\nA:H - Reloading the stale i_file_acl and reading an invalid reused EA block calls ext2_error(), which panics on errors=panic and remounts the volume read-only on errors=remount-ro; the resulting filesystem inconsistency can also render files and the volume unavailable."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ext2/inode.c", "fs/ext2/xattr.c"], "versions": [{"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "55e66d84b5272c425b324a2b247cdacacf1e10b9", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "b879565effd88fc119c2efea3f3868a9997ed9ba", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "e54de654423bee98d1ba50379b09daf97c7854a6", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "5481766125041e71662f2e32ee0e91ad5f4d07f4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "5efb3350230fef831167740e69e6db2861101186", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2", "lessThan": "356984d1a5c32e94810cbb6c8dc7d8ff2d4d919a", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ext2/inode.c", "fs/ext2/xattr.c"], "versions": [{"version": "2.6.12", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "2.6.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.191", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.160", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.114", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.18.57", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.2.4", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "7.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.191"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.160"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.114"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.57"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.4"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "2.6.12", "versionEndExcluding": "7.3"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e66d84b5272c425b324a2b247cdacacf1e10b9"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b879565effd88fc119c2efea3f3868a9997ed9ba"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e54de654423bee98d1ba50379b09daf97c7854a6"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5481766125041e71662f2e32ee0e91ad5f4d07f4"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5efb3350230fef831167740e69e6db2861101186"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/356984d1a5c32e94810cbb6c8dc7d8ff2d4d919a"}], "title": "ext2: Fix lost inode updates for IS_SYNC inodes", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

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