CVE-2026-90320EPSS p6.2%
CVE-2026-90320CVE-2026-90320
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: validate external xattr entries when reading metadata
ocfs2_validate_xattr_block() checks the xattr block header before the
block reaches higher-level xattr users, but it does not verify that a
non-indexed block's xh_count and entry offsets fit inside the block.
Indexed buckets likewise reach list/get consumers after ECC without an
entry-bounds check.
Use the flat xattr entry validator for non-indexed external xattr blocks,
and use a bucket-specific validator for indexed buckets at metadata read
time. The bucket validator keeps the entry array bounded by the first
bucket block while checking name/value offsets against the bucket block
they target.
Reject corrupted external xattr metadata before listxattr() or getxattr()
can walk out-of-range entry arrays or name/value offsets.
Validation reproduced this kernel report:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in ocfs2_xattr_list_entries+0xd7/0x190
Read of size 1 at addr
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.17% probability of exploitation · percentile 6.2% · 2026-10-05T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-09-18 |