CVE-2026-89723

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The log writer subsequently detected this\nblock and incorrectly invoked nilfs_direct_propagate() on it, which is\ndesigned to handle only data blocks in direct mapping.\n\nB-tree nodes in the cache are managed by virtual block numbers, and their\nlogical keys typically exceed the range expected by direct mapping.\nConsequently, processing such a node as a direct mapping entry triggers\na slab-out-of-bounds access.\n\nThe root cause is that when a B-tree mapping collapses into a direct\nmapping during truncation, an intermediate node block pointed to by the\nroot node is left behind as garbage instead of being explicitly deleted.\n\nThis resolves the issue by adding a nilfs_btree_discard() operation\nto delete the remaining intermediate node block during the conversion.\nA 'deform' flag is added to the bop_delete interface to explicitly signal\nthat the deletion is part of a mapping transformation. This allows the\nB-tree mapping implementation to perform the necessary cleanup and\ndiscarding of the residual node structure that would be otherwise be left\norphaned after the transition."}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH"}, "scenarios": [{"lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The defect is reached only through local VFS operations on a mounted nilfs2 volume (write to grow a file into B-tree mapping, ftruncate/setattr to collapse it to direct mapping, then the in-kernel log writer). No network protocol path enters fs/nilfs2/direct.c.\nAC:L - The leftover dirty B-tree node after truncation is a deterministic logic bug, not a race. The attacker controls file layout and size, and can force the segment constructor to process the orphaned node via fsync/sync or the periodic log writer.\nPR:L - Write and truncate go through nilfs_setattr/nilfs_truncate with only ordinary file DAC checks; CAP_SYS_ADMIN in fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c is not on this path. An unprivileged user with write access to an already-mounted nilfs2 volume can trigger it.\nUI:N - On an already-mounted nilfs2 volume the attacker triggers the B-tree-to-direct conversion and the subsequent slab OOB entirely with their own write/ftruncate/fsync; no separate victim action is required.\nS:U - The slab out-of-bounds access corrupts kernel memory within the same kernel security authority; this is local memory corruption/privilege escalation, not a VM, IOMMU, or sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:H - nilfs_direct_propagate indexes the 6-entry direct-pointer array with the leftover B-tree node's virtual block number via nilfs_direct_get_ptr, an unbounded slab out-of-bounds read of adjacent nilfs_inode_info/slab memory that can disclose kernel data.\nI:H - For a non-volatile leftover node, nilfs_direct_set_ptr writes a newly allocated DAT vblock at the same unbounded OOB index, and the OOB-read pointer is passed to nilfs_dat_prepare_update, yielding a kernel write primitive and 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