CVE-2026-89498 json
orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure
published 2026-09-11 58 d ago modified 2026-10-19 21 d ago also EUVD-2026-76404
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 7%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, 6.18.50, 7.2.4, 7.3
- linux Debian 12 6.1.190-1
- linux Debian 13 6.12.111-1
- linux Debian 14 7.2.6-1
- linux-6.12 Debian 12 6.12.111-1~deb12u1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89498
- linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-202.212
- linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-42.42
- linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1119.126
- linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.17
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1120.130
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
- linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1115.121
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1113.117
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89498
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- kernel-source openSUSE Tumbleweed 7.2.7-1.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:11880-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/712c4235fcc73c11a2f1d59a499d489e49c374a4 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/433c2e470053cc9c712314d3d8c3dfbc862d68eb commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e5924644ef4bce06a3cbb7cb841a8bbfdfc03ad commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c9eacc47c618ed6d7d35fe75a40d294c8cdbffa commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5454a25127854c232fde5d1d65d16fbcd42d43 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f796f38a324e89547738f4b70cc33be5be2bc6da commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/519f4146b8b8c5f20c2ad01913acd6df2df8fc8e commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f574296be7f46eb60beca851240b526df232f480 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2026-89498 updated cvss 5.5
kernel: orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure
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Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8, openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9not affected: vulnerable code not present
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Exploit prediction
0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/712c4235fcc73c11a2f1d59a499d489e49c374a4
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/433c2e470053cc9c712314d3d8c3dfbc862d68eb
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/6e5924644ef4bce06a3cbb7cb841a8bbfdfc03ad
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/9c9eacc47c618ed6d7d35fe75a40d294c8cdbffa
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/2f5454a25127854c232fde5d1d65d16fbcd42d43
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f796f38a324e89547738f4b70cc33be5be2bc6da
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/519f4146b8b8c5f20c2ad01913acd6df2df8fc8e
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/f574296be7f46eb60beca851240b526df232f480
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-89498
- NVD CVE-2026-89498
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