ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix missing metadata reservation for large xattrs [BUG] lsetxattr() panics the kernel when setting a large xattr value on a fragmented filesystem where the file already has an external xattr block. [CAUSE] ocfs2_calc_xattr_set_need() never reserves metadata blocks for a new xattr value's extent tree when the file already has an external xattr block. The not_found path leaves meta_add at zero, so meta_ac is NULL when ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() runs. A new value root has room for a single extent record. On a fragmented filesystem, the allocator cannot satisfy the xattr value in one contiguous run, so each non-contiguous run requires its own extent record. When the value root's extent list is full and meta_ac is NULL, ocfs2_add_clusters_in_btree() returns RESTART_META, and ocfs2_xattr_extend_allocation() hits BUG_ON(why == RESTART_META). [FIX] The case where no xattr block exists yet already calls ocfs2_extend_meta_needed(&def_xv.xv.xr_list) to reserve value tree metadata. Add the same reservation to the case where an xattr block already exists, making the two cases consistent. Replace the BUG_ON with a -ENOSPC return so that if RESTART_META is returned despite the reservation, the error propagates to userspace instead of panicking the kernel.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 2.6.35
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.267, 5.15.218, 6.1.185, 6.6.154, 6.12.106, 6.18.47, 7.1.11, 7.2.1, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
Not affected: 7 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
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-80809
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4q7v-w8cm-5gq2
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-11-06 CVSS score added · Red Hat
References
Other 9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/743ac908282ac97ef6e73ac3a92df2cc8ecb7479
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04ba24bce61c917b5b3009f0db470cbb72e26a0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4663405ae29d36011cd712d243456f3f9ab700d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6a009f1e61b11d9e23d3c5aa1dacfb010945da45
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9eb5c9fdd81d82976d4d5be2b2458eb7d7e46ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6176313622e34fa3e2b66b9d0682d1e1c6b365c5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3ccb57086dd7652d5ecb826486144198a98a8e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f0cbec45b0f3fd7e1263d01916518dbf31eb3f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cdc7dde00ec63ac714271fa8b2918d630b8da1a
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Sources
- CVE-2026-80809 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-80809 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4q7v-w8cm-5gq2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-80809 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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