CVE-2026-89720

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Adding the header size instead of subtracting it accepts a\ndeclared length up to 2 * UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ larger than the node actually\nholds -- past the end of c->sbuf, which is vmalloc(c->leb_size).\nverify_pkcs7_signature() -> pkcs7_parse_message() -> asn1_ber_decoder()\nis then handed that inflated length and reads beyond the allocation while\nwalking the DER headers. The node length comes straight from the mounted\nimage, so a crafted signed UBIFS image reaches this via\nubifs_read_superblock() before the signature is cryptographically checked.\n\nsnod->len is guaranteed to be >= UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ by the node scanner\n(c->ranges[UBIFS_SIG_NODE].min_len == UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ), so the corrected\nsubtraction cannot underflow. Legitimately signed images are unaffected: a\ncorrect superblock never declares a signature longer than the node it is\nembedded in."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "baseScore": 7.7, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The OOB read is reached only while mounting a local UBIFS/UBI volume (mount \u2192 ubifs_fill_super \u2192 mount_ubifs \u2192 ubifs_read_superblock \u2192 authenticate_sb_node \u2192 ubifs_sb_verify_signature). The inflated ubifs_sig_node->len comes from on-disk flash, not ksmbd, nfsd, or any received-packet path.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls the on-disk SIG node size and signode->len. The inverted check accepts a payload up to snod->len+64; with a node filling the LEB that deterministically reads 128 bytes past vmalloc'd c->sbuf in asn1_ber_decoder(), with no race or uncontrolled layout.\nPR:N - Supplying the crafted authenticated image needs no account on the victim. ubifs_fs_type lacks FS_USERNS_MOUNT, so the CAP_SYS_ADMIN mount (boot-time auth_key mount on embedded, automotive, and IoT devices that use offline-signed UBIFS) is performed by the platform, matching the malicious-filesystem model.\nUI:N - Offline-signed UBIFS is verified automatically at mount; boot/fstab auto-mount with auth_key runs ubifs_sb_verify_signature in ubifs_read_superblock before any file access, so planting or presenting the crafted volume is sufficient with no separate victim click or open.\nS:U - The out-of-bounds read and any oops remain inside the mounting host kernel. This is a same-authority memory-safety issue, not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-boundary impact.\nC:H - verify_pkcs7_signature() \u2192 pkcs7_parse_message() \u2192 asn1_ber_decoder() walks an attacker-inflated length of up to 128 bytes past c->sbuf (vmalloc of the LEB). That is an out-of-bounds kernel read of adjacent vmalloc memory, which is Confidentiality High rather than a few-byte leak.\nI:N - The defect is an out-of-bounds read of PKCS#7/ASN.1 headers; the decoder copies those bytes only into newly allocated parse objects sized from the claimed length and does not write past any allocation or provide an arbitrary-write or control-flow primitive.\nA:H - Reading past the vmalloc LEB buffer into an unmapped vmalloc guard page oopses or panics the kernel during mount, and a crafted image can retrigger that crash on every boot or mount of the volume."}]}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["fs/ubifs/auth.c"], "versions": [{"version": "817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201", "lessThan": "ab7405bd86331cc2dbc8201699d4adc33bea75e7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": 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Legitimately signed images are unaffected: a\ncorrect superblock never declares a signature longer than the node it is\nembedded in."}], "id": "CVE-2026-89720", "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:18:12.130", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.7, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 2.5, "impactScore": 5.2, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}]}, "published": "2026-09-11T20:20:00.943", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11abc34698cb3172badf8aa12e623f1bac98bbd8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a9d25a563f5f9103282954ce573c4a61321e7c"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e1aa9f5f906c9b1f4949d0521f0f950a159d96"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc3da72cf57acb4b77442ea8cec48425dff7c06"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d27c1708bb6e8823c8e7c623f9abc2a91bf4bf"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1dc246f98bb94233effa4fa3ec7bf84700bb7d1"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7405bd86331cc2dbc8201699d4adc33bea75e7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76b79d6e42af20682495bccd22f72c7164b0018"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: Linux kernel: Out-of-bounds read in UBIFS signature length check", "id": "2532147", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532147"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "4.7", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-125", "details": ["A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Unsorted Block Image File System (UBIFS). An incorrect bounds check in the ubifs_sb_verify_signature() function allows a crafted signed UBIFS image to declare a signature length larger than its actual size. This can lead to an out-of-bounds read when processing the signature, potentially causing information disclosure or a system crash (Denial of Service)."], "name": "CVE-2026-89720", "public_date": "2026-09-11T19:46:32Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89720\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89720\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e1aa9f5f906c9b1f4949d0521f0f950a159d96\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d27c1708bb6e8823c8e7c623f9abc2a91bf4bf\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1dc246f98bb94233effa4fa3ec7bf84700bb7d1\nhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76b79d6e42af20682495bccd22f72c7164b0018"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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