CVE-2026-89786— ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir()
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir() ext4_read_inline_dir() can read a dirent header past the end of its inline buffer, triggering a slab-out-of-bounds read during getdents64
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-89786
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Vulnerability Title
ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ext4: fix out-of-bounds read in ext4_read_inline_dir()
ext4_read_inline_dir() can read a dirent header past the end of its inline
buffer, triggering a slab-out-of-bounds read during getdents64():
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __ext4_check_dir_entry
Read of size 2 at addr ffff88800f3dd23c by task exploit/148
...
__ext4_check_dir_entry
ext4_read_inline_dir
iterate_dir
The dirent payload lives in a buffer of exactly inline_size bytes:
dir_buf = kmalloc(inline_size, GFP_NOFS);
but iteration runs in a position space extra_offset bytes larger
(extra_size = extra_offset + inline_size) so the synthetic "." and ".."
land at their block-dir offsets. A dirent is formed at "dir_buf + pos -
extra_offset", yet the ext4_check_dir_entry() length argument uses the
larger extra_size. A position whose dirent header would extend past
extra_size is therefore accepted, and the rescan loop's rec_len probe and
ext4_check_dir_entry() dereference de->rec_len before the entry is rejected.
Reject a position whose minimum-size dirent header would not fit within
extra_size before forming de, in both the rescan and main loops, and pass
inline_size rather than extra_size to ext4_check_dir_entry() so the length
check matches the physical buffer.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Affected Products
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Other References for CVE-2026-89786 (7)
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| CVE-2026-89860 | scsi: qla2xxx: Initialize NVMe abort_work once at submission | |
| CVE-2026-89877 | media: saa7164: fix cleanup on resource allocation failure | |
| CVE-2026-89875 | media: ti: vpe: quiesce overflow recovery before freeing streams | |
| CVE-2026-89876 | media: tda18250: fix possible integer overflow | |
| CVE-2026-89874 | media: v4l2-async: avoid deleting unlinked ASC entry on link error | |
| CVE-2026-89872 | media: v4l2-fwnode: Fix fwnode leak in v4l2_fwnode_parse_link | |
| CVE-2026-89873 | media: v4l2-ctrls: validate HEVC EXT SPS RPS counts | |
| CVE-2026-89871 | media: video-i2c: fix kthread error pointer left in kthread_vid_cap on failure | |
| CVE-2026-89870 | media: zoran: Avoid freeing a registered video_device twice | |
| CVE-2026-89869 | media: qcom: iris: use disable_irq() during power-off | |
| CVE-2026-89868 | media: chips-media: wave5: Add timeout while stop_streaming | |
| CVE-2026-89867 | media: chips-media: wave5: Defer job_finish() only when a DEC_PIC was queued | |
| CVE-2026-89866 | media: chips-media: wave5: Resume device before setting EOS flag | |
| CVE-2026-89865 | scsi: qla2xxx: Zero SFP DMA buffer in FRU/I2C bsg handlers | |
| CVE-2026-89864 | scsi: qla2xxx: Bound i2c->length in I2C bsg handlers | |
| CVE-2026-89863 | scsi: qla2xxx: edif: Fix NULL pointer deref in RX SA delete check | |
| CVE-2026-89862 | scsi: qla2xxx: Fix BSG job leak on validate flash image error path | |
| CVE-2026-89861 | scsi: qla2xxx: Hold vport reference in qla24xx_report_id_acquisition() | |
| CVE-2026-89850 | scsi: qla2xxx: Don't query firmware state while chip is down | |
| CVE-2026-89848 | scsi: qla2xxx: Quiesce response IRQ before freeing request queue |
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