orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure
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
- Partial Red Hat: 1 without a fix
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure On a readdir downcall, orangefs_devreq_write_iter() frees op->downcall.trailer_buf with vfree() when copy_from_iter_full() fails, but does not clear the pointer before goto Efault. The waiter in do_readdir() is then woken with a negative status and frees the same pointer again on its r < 0 path, causing a deterministic double-free. A client holding /dev/pvfs2-req triggers it by sending a readdir downcall whose declared trailer_size exceeds the bytes it supplies. Clear the pointer after freeing so the readdir-side vfree() becomes a no-op.
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: Fix deferred |
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-2026-89498
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9g9c-4vjc-cw83
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-06 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/712c4235fcc73c11a2f1d59a499d489e49c374a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/433c2e470053cc9c712314d3d8c3dfbc862d68eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e5924644ef4bce06a3cbb7cb841a8bbfdfc03ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9eacc47c618ed6d7d35fe75a40d294c8cdbffa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5454a25127854c232fde5d1d65d16fbcd42d43
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f796f38a324e89547738f4b70cc33be5be2bc6da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/519f4146b8b8c5f20c2ad01913acd6df2df8fc8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f574296be7f46eb60beca851240b526df232f480
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89498 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89498 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9g9c-4vjc-cw83 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89498 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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