f2fs: use the mount idmap for the owner check in f2fs_xattr_advise_set()
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: f2fs: use the mount idmap for the owner check in f2fs_xattr_advise_set() f2fs_xattr_advise_set() calls inode_owner_or_capable() with &nop_mnt_idmap before allowing the "system.advise" xattr to be set, instead of the idmap that the VFS passes to the ->set() handler. f2fs supports idmapped mounts, so on such a mount this checks the caller's fsuid against the unmapped on-disk owner rather than the mapped owner: the actual owner can be wrongly denied with -EPERM and an unrelated caller wrongly allowed. Pass the handler's idmap instead.
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 6.6.157, 6.12.110, 6.18.51, 7.2.5, 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-2026-89839
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hf9x-gfgm-hfj2
- 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 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0c610b480cfbc57528aa1acbd6be12ed2a6fb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3e2692c7a58e0bdb84bd658d827e89dcecea3ad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b681229e9f8fb1dd29bc65983bf3c87779e4ca3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab31e3b774f5d06b4489cef6c297b48c47c9dcbd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a54ffce4637acb0db8e695188a6c7f99f14c3576
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Sources
- CVE-2026-89839 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-89839 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hf9x-gfgm-hfj2 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-89839 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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