f2fs: fix listxattr handling of corrupted xattr entries
Priority LOW 33Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix listxattr handling of corrupted xattr entries Validate the xattr entry before reading its fields in f2fs_listxattr(). Return -EFSCORRUPTED when the entry is outside the valid xattr storage area instead of returning a successful partial result.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00176 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 4.15, 4.20, 5.5 +8
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.15, 4.20, 5.5
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.96, 6.18.39, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80591
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4pj6-ggmx-ccvm
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dfac47e4189692f35230f3064acf2540e6d75fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8a10f174316e80d577e6549099b71a7a2111f3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfa4891c27bccbd83d511a065721e85621f275a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2770041f34b52334ea63351ffb1cc2007a9de46e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dd01f7d0291583e3e5420c95c7d584e114899bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec9f79c8d5b28a928e65b67cd138c841571cf502
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c0dbfecd859fd02fe9008f33a83146102ccd9ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ef5bc304f23c3fe255d4936472378dcb74d0e94
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80591 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80591 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4pj6-ggmx-ccvm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80591 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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