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CVE-2026-89778
isofs: fix out-of-bounds page array access on empty zisofs block
Published 2026-09-16 (33 days ago) by the Linux kernel CNA. Subsystem fs/isofs. Debian urgency: not yet assigned.
What to do, per Debian release
Debian's own status for CVE-2026-89778 in every release this site tracks, and what each one means in practice. Every status below is the one the Debian Security Team publishes for this CVE. source
| Release | Status | Version | What this means |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian 12bookworm | fixedDLA-4841-1 · 2026-10-17 · text | 6.1.190-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. DLA-4841-1 shipped the fix on 2026-10-17, in 6.1.190-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 13trixie | fixedDSA-6528-1 · 2026-09-29 · text | 6.12.111-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. DSA-6528-1 shipped the fix on 2026-09-29, in 6.12.111-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 14forky | fixed | 7.2.6-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.2.6-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian unstablesid | fixed | 7.2.6-1 | Update the kernel and reboot. Fixed in 7.2.6-1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
| Debian 12bookworm · linux-6.12 | fixedDLA-4817-1 · 2026-10-04 · text | 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | Update the kernel and reboot. DLA-4817-1 shipped the fix on 2026-10-04, in 6.12.111-1~deb12u1. A running kernel keeps the old code until the machine restarts. |
The vulnerability
What the bug is
zisofs_uncompress_block()'s empty-block fast path returns pcount << PAGE_SHIFT, ignoring the incoming poffset, unlike the decompression path which returns bytes produced relative to poffset. zisofs_fill_pages() uses that return to advance its page cursor, so when the zisofs block size is below PAGE_SIZE and a sub-page block leaves poffset partway into a page, a following empty block over-counts and advances pages[] one element past its end, after which "if (poffset && *pages)" reads pages[1] out of bounds. rock.c only rejects a block-size shift > 17, so a crafted "ZF" Rock Ridge record can set it below PAGE_SHIFT; the bug is reached by an ordinary read() of a compressed file on such a mounted ISO9660 image. Return the byte count relative to poffset and zero only [poffset, PAGE_SIZE) of the first page, matching the decompression path. The page-aligned case (poffset == 0) is unaffected. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in zisofs_read_folio (fs/isofs/compress.c:290) Read of size 8 at addr ffff88800f5eac48 by task exploit/142 zisofs_read_folio (fs/isofs/compress.c:290) read_pages (mm/readahead.c:184) ... filemap_read (mm/filemap.c:2814) vfs_read (fs/read_write.c:574) __x64_sys_pread64 (fs/read_write.c:769) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of the allocated 8-byte region in the kmalloc-8 cache
Where it lives
The fix touches these files. If the subsystem is one you do not use, the practical exposure is lower, though the package is still the vulnerable one.
fs/isofs/compress.c
- What this is
- ISOFS FILESYSTEMMAINTAINERS section matched on fs/isofs/ · linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org · Maintained
- Kernel module
- isofs
Check it on the machine
grep -wE 'CONFIG_ISO9660_FS|CONFIG_ZISOFS' /boot/config-$(uname -r)Reads the booted kernel's own configuration, on the machine and nowhere else. =y is built in, =m is a module, and an is not set line means the code is not there.
lsmod | grep -w isofsPrints a line if that module is loaded right now, and nothing if it is not. One that is not loaded can still be loaded later by anything that needs it.
Show whether Debian builds this, per release
Debian builds this as a loadable module. Every release with an answer below compiles it as a module on every flavour, so whether the code is in the running kernel depends on whether that module is loaded. The build rule could not be established for 1 release, so nothing is claimed about those.
- bookworm?
- trixie, forky, sid, bookworm · linux-6.12m
- ?
- not established - no Makefile entry for the affected file
- m
- a loadable module on every flavour - check lsmod, can be blacklisted
Where a release above reads "not established", no build rule for the affected file was found in that release's kernel tree. That is a gap in this lookup, not a finding that the code is absent.
- Build switches
- CONFIG_ISO9660_FS, CONFIG_ZISOFS
- Reads as
- all on means the file is compiled; any one off means it is not.
From the configuration Debian publishes for every kernel flavour it builds. It covers only the architectures Debian ships a linux-config package for, and nothing about a kernel you built yourself. Debian's own status above stays authoritative about the source package.MAINTAINERS kbuild Makefiles Debian linux-config packages
Signals
- Published
- 2026-09-16 (33 days ago)source
- CVSS
- 9.8 critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsource recompute it - Attack vector
- network (AV:N)source
- EPSS
- 0.70%, higher than 52.1% of all CVEssource
- CISA KEV
- not listedthe KEV catalogue
- Debian urgency
- not yet assignedsource
- Subsystem
- fs/isofs
Upstream fixes
The versions the CNA records as introducing and fixing this, and the commit for each. source
| Introduced | Fixed in | Commit |
|---|---|---|
| 2.6.33 | 5.15.221 | 8b994ac5778a |
| 2.6.33 | 6.1.188 | ad3249cdf9d4 |
| 2.6.33 | 6.6.157 | 85904076cece |
| 2.6.33 | 6.12.110 | f03425dcbe04 |
| 2.6.33 | 6.18.52 | cd616aa0449a |
| 2.6.33 | 7.2.6 | 9c6eace8d07e |
| 2.6.33 | 7.3 | 68d4d3e78150 |
Debian advisories
| Advisory | Date | Shipped to | Debian |
|---|---|---|---|
| DLA-4841-1 | 2026-10-17 | bookworm 6.1.190-1 | tracker |
| DLA-4817-1 | 2026-10-04 | bookworm 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 | tracker |
| DSA-6528-1 | 2026-09-29 | trixie 6.12.111-1 | tracker |
Why the CNA scored it this way
Quoted from the kernel CNA's own scoring file, word for word. A highlighted metric carries the most severe value CVSS v3.1 defines for it, which is what pushes the score up. source
- AV:NAttack vector, network
- isofs assigns s_export_op to isofs_export_ops; nfsd_read then nfsd_iter_read (vfs_iocb_iter_read) and ksmbd_vfs_read (kernel_read) perform VFS reads that reach generic_file_read_iter, filemap_read, and zisofs_read_folio, so a remote NFS or SMB client can trigger the bug on a host exporting a crafted ISO9660 image.
- AC:LAttack complexity, low
- The attacker fully controls the Rock Ridge ZF parms (rock.c only rejects block_shift > 17) and the zisofs block pointer table; a block_shift below PAGE_SHIFT plus a nonempty sub-page block followed by an empty block (block_start==block_end) deterministically over-advances pages[] with no race.
- PR:NPrivileges required, none
- A remote NFS or SMB client needs only read access to an exported iso9660 tree; AUTH_SYS media-server exports commonly require no host credentials, and compressed regular files default to S_IRUGO. No CAP_SYS_ADMIN on the victim host is required on the read path.
- UI:NUser interaction, none
- Once an iso9660 volume containing the crafted zisofs file is exported, the NFS or SMB server processes the client's READ automatically; no separate victim must open a file or click a dialog at attack time beyond that pre-existing export.
- S:UScope, unchanged
- The slab out-of-bounds pointer load and any memzero_page or SetPageUptodate side effects remain inside the host kernel; this is not a VM escape, IOMMU/DMA bypass, or other cross-authority boundary.
- C:HConfidentiality impact, high
- zisofs_fill_pages loads an 8-byte pointer from one slot past a kmalloc-8 pages[] allocation and may treat adjacent heap data as a struct page. With heap grooming this memory corruption can be turned into a kernel information-disclosure primitive, so confidentiality impact is High.
- I:HIntegrity impact, high
- When the out-of-bounds pointer is non-NULL, memzero_page() writes zeros through kmap_local_page() of the forged page and SetPageUptodate() corrupts page flags, yielding a kernel write primitive against attacker-groomed heap or page objects that can be chained to control-flow hijack.
- A:HAvailability impact, high
- KASAN reports a slab-out-of-bounds read in zisofs_read_folio; feeding a non-page pointer to kmap_local_page or memzero_page oopses or panics the kernel, and the attacker can repeat the NFS, SMB, or local read at will.