← Back to CVE Explorer

CVE-2026-89600

Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fanotify: fix use-after-free of file range info fsnotify_pre_content() builds its file_range on the triggering task's stack. fanotify_alloc_perm_event() saves a pointer to range.pos in the heap-allocated permission event so copy_range_info_to_user() can report the offset later. The event reader can set the event state to FAN_EVENT_REPORTED and then sleep while preparing the file descriptor. If a signal interrupts the triggering task at that point, fanotify_get_response() changes the state to FAN_EVENT_CANCELED and returns. This unwinds the file_range stack frame while the reader still owns the event. The reader then dereferences pevent->ppos and copies the stale stack value to userspace. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970 Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811434fc50 by task fanotify_inotif/95 Call Trace: fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970 vfs_read+0x177/0xa20 ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Store the range position directly in the permission event and use FANOTIFY_NO_RANGE when range information is unavailable. The event remains alive until the reader finishes, so the reported offset no longer depends on the triggering task's stack.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.8 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2026-09-11 20:19:44.870000
Last modified
2026-10-19 09:17:56.520000
View original CVE JSON
{
  "id": "CVE-2026-89600",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-11T20:19:44.870",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:17:56.520",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfanotify: fix use-after-free of file range info\n\nfsnotify_pre_content() builds its file_range on the triggering task's\nstack. fanotify_alloc_perm_event() saves a pointer to range.pos in the\nheap-allocated permission event so copy_range_info_to_user() can report\nthe offset later.\n\nThe event reader can set the event state to FAN_EVENT_REPORTED and then\nsleep while preparing the file descriptor. If a signal interrupts the\ntriggering task at that point, fanotify_get_response() changes the state\nto FAN_EVENT_CANCELED and returns. This unwinds the file_range stack\nframe while the reader still owns the event. The reader then dereferences\npevent->ppos and copies the stale stack value to userspace.\n\nKASAN reported:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970\n  Read of size 8 at addr ffff88811434fc50 by task fanotify_inotif/95\n  Call Trace:\n   fanotify_read+0x293e/0x2970\n   vfs_read+0x177/0xa20\n   ksys_read+0xf7/0x1c0\n   do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nStore the range position directly in the permission event and use\nFANOTIFY_NO_RANGE when range information is unavailable. The event remains\nalive until the reader finishes, so the reported offset no longer depends\non the triggering task's stack."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c",
            "fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h",
            "fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "870499bc1d4dc04cba1f63dd5e7bc02b983e2458",
              "lessThan": "66aa9a9e6481bfa512ee5b6380eaaec455a954d2",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "870499bc1d4dc04cba1f63dd5e7bc02b983e2458",
              "lessThan": "b8f73b163b646bc56d4dce9c697a578e333f4894",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "870499bc1d4dc04cba1f63dd5e7bc02b983e2458",
              "lessThan": "d7f1cf5be33ef0175a4e8ed8687aeb98fb00a851",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "affected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.c",
            "fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify.h",
            "fs/notify/fanotify/fanotify_user.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.14",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.14",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "6.18.50",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.2.4",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "type": "Secondary",
        "cvssData": {
          "version": "3.1",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
          "attackVector": "LOCAL",
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "privilegesRequired": "LOW",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 1.8,
        "impactScore": 5.9
      }
    ]
  },
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66aa9a9e6481bfa512ee5b6380eaaec455a954d2",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8f73b163b646bc56d4dce9c697a578e333f4894",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7f1cf5be33ef0175a4e8ed8687aeb98fb00a851",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    }
  ]
}