openrisc: fix arbitrary kernel memory access via or1k_atomic syscall
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: openrisc: fix arbitrary kernel memory access via or1k_atomic syscall sys_or1k_atomic() (syscall 244 in the "or1k" ABI) takes two user pointers, v1 and v2, and swaps the words they point to in hand-written assembly. l.lwz r29,0(r4) l.lwz r27,0(r5) l.sw 0(r4),r27 l.sw 0(r5),r29 The pointers are not checked with access_ok(). The four memory accesses also have no exception table entries. A caller passes a kernel address as either pointer, and the syscall reads from and writes to it directly. This gives an unprivileged process a kernel read/write primitive. It overwrites kernel data such as the sys_call_table, gaining code execution in kernel context. Check both pointers before entering the critical section. Add fixups for the four memory accesses so faults on valid but unmapped user addresses return -EFAULT. [[email protected]: fix comment style]
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 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 6 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
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89489
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9rpr-c8j9-pwgc
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf310718c6fa6adeee06d207a55489546d860e2c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/497cba0b02e5555d99fe9ee1dc478af743ab7f7a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2e92e499d863f81df1732af59b4a3559969193
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/574ae2ac2b314aa33498cd2c28add106cbe644f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a520e8cac54fb403f3800125b606f55fcad42cb9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d64a75369cd0f2ee79afcc9d9ca34a3890989379
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b53435c079c78f89f70a62dd5a322cca4e292b34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78004e9a87f240df03e2f73120d291763c32e0a7
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89489 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89489 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9rpr-c8j9-pwgc · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89489 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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