dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap 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: 6 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: dm-era: fix shadowed superblock leak on take-snap failure metadata_take_snap() bumps the live superblock refcount and then dm_tm_shadow_block() allocates a new block for the metadata snapshot. If the subsequent dm_sm_inc_block() of writeset_tree_root or era_array_root fails, the function only unlocks the clone and returns. The newly allocated shadow block is never returned to the metadata space map, so each failed take-snap permanently leaks one metadata block. Free the clone with dm_sm_dec_block() on those error paths, matching the final step of metadata_drop_snap().
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: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 1 product
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-89576
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f7fr-q69f-62x9
- 2026-10-19 Fix available: Linux/[email protected] · CNA
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54dd21ca945ecc07885012b9f3e8197f091cfba0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef00efb6fcaee88f50891279ceced17c614e97f7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9fa68b89214bc65af0ef963af7ec3cce9f866e0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc731d7fddfd6149f5e88ea080475d18c36d3c64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d66ceeefb87ddb097b0546bafc581380b816b048
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ff918637e3517f732188a3c39dbeae5b9cfb1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6876ca330e741fb8886d12070cb6a7f9cb67257e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39c5aa3bd8ec3912d2cd0b3fe092642b0d2b0713
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89576 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89576 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f7fr-q69f-62x9 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89576 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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