Critical severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89495
ocfs2: bound namelen in dlm_migrate_request_handler
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ocfs2: bound namelen in dlm_migrate_request_handler
Patch series "ocfs2/dlm: bound peer-controlled lengths in the o2dlm".
The o2dlm receive handlers trust u8 length and count fields from the wire
without bounding them, so a node in a DLM domain can corrupt or panic any
other node with a malformed message. Three defects:
- dlm_migrate_request_handler() passes migrate->namelen unchecked to
dlm_init_mle(), which memcpy()s it into the 32-byte mname[] of an
o2dlm_mle slab object: a heap out-of-bounds write of up to ~215
attacker-controlled bytes.
- dlm_mig_lockres_handler() passes mres->lockname_len unchecked to
dlm_init_lockres(), which memcpy()s it into the 32-byte o2dlm_lockname
slab object: a heap out-of-bounds write of up to ~223 bytes.
- the same handler trusts mres->num_locks without checking that the
message is large enough to hold that many entries, so
dlm_process_recovery_data() walks mres->ml[] past the kmalloc(data_len)
copy and trips a BUG_ON (an out-of-bounds read ending in a panic).
The other o2dlm receive handlers already reject an oversized name; the
migration and recovery handlers have omitted it since the DLM was added
(see the Fixes tags). Patch 1 bounds namelen; patch 2 validates
lockname_len, num_locks, and the payload size. Conforming recovery and
migration traffic is unaffected.
o2net authenticates peers only by the DLM domain key, so any node that has
joined the domain -- including a compromised or malicious member -- can
send these messages. There is no local trigger; the attacker must already
be a member of the cluster.
Each sink was confirmed under KASAN with an out-of-tree module mirroring
it exactly -- a kmem_cache/kmalloc of the real destination size, then the
same unclamped memcpy/loop: slab-out-of-bounds Write for the two writes,
Read for the recovery walk, and a panic. A userspace AddressSanitizer
build faults identically under -m32 and -m64. Scrubbed logs are available
on request.
I reported this privately to security@kernel.org and the ocfs2 maintainers
on 2026-06-20; with no response after the standard embargo period I am
posting the fix publicly. I have no embargo requirement.
This patch (of 2):
A node receiving a DLM_MIGRATE_REQUEST message trusts the peer-supplied
name length (migrate->namelen) without bounding it. dlm_init_mle() then
copies that many bytes into the fixed DLM_LOCKID_NAME_MAX-byte mname[]
array of an o2dlm_mle slab object, so a malformed message from a cluster
peer overflows the slab object by up to ~215 bytes: a heap out-of-bounds
write of attacker-controlled data, reachable by any node in the domain.
Reject an oversized name, the way dlm_master_request_handler() and the
other o2dlm receive handlers already do; the migration handler omits the
check entirely. Conforming messages are unaffected.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 53% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
6714d8e86bf443f6f7af50f9d432025649f091f5 before e1288865b8ceac0dcd1009ecba43de961f13d5bd; 6714d8e86bf443f6f7af50f9d432025649f091f5 before aabc5d8388e6f8826345f0073455dbcaaaa6491d; 6714d8e86bf443f6f7af50f9d432025649f091f5 before 006c96ea488eca2ef5155ec76038e0a4dbf65f0a; 6714d8e86bf443f6f7af50f9d432025649f091f5 before 24989909d3413b44b104102caa6661b1e424ba0f; 6714d8e86bf443f6f7af50f9d432025649f091f5 before f8658ee3327f73bd81c0bcd07cdeb5a8527fac98; 6714d8e86bf443f6f7af50f9d432025649f091f5 before de10cd3b062a5235af754925fcf49beb5a1109d4; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89495
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89495
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/006c96ea488eca2ef5155ec76038e0a4dbf65f0a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2487bea2098322669f0563baff53e797486b823f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24989909d3413b44b104102caa6661b1e424ba0f
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aabc5d8388e6f8826345f0073455dbcaaaa6491d
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de10cd3b062a5235af754925fcf49beb5a1109d4
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e1288865b8ceac0dcd1009ecba43de961f13d5bd
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