Critical severity · published Sep 16, 2026
CVE-2026-89778
isofs: fix out-of-bounds page array access on empty zisofs block
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
isofs: fix out-of-bounds page array access on empty zisofs block
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
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
59bc055211b8d266ab6089158058bf8268e02006 before 8b994ac5778a725982fd6a8a3afcaa068d4a93e3; 59bc055211b8d266ab6089158058bf8268e02006 before ad3249cdf9d4ba34bb8b1ff3956a4020fdfb5b0a; 59bc055211b8d266ab6089158058bf8268e02006 before 85904076cece72ee3194646ad7ac8e6659d999aa; 59bc055211b8d266ab6089158058bf8268e02006 before f03425dcbe04aec3c27b9917e97d7d23a2908dda; 59bc055211b8d266ab6089158058bf8268e02006 before cd616aa0449a772a6956abf03358f0ff31720580; 59bc055211b8d266ab6089158058bf8268e02006 before 9c6eace8d07e90f038c89eb3b756d65a7e259d48; +2 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89778
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89778
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68d4d3e78150c7ed7d1195af63ad1e6ace30c661
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85904076cece72ee3194646ad7ac8e6659d999aa
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b994ac5778a725982fd6a8a3afcaa068d4a93e3
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c6eace8d07e90f038c89eb3b756d65a7e259d48
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad3249cdf9d4ba34bb8b1ff3956a4020fdfb5b0a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd616aa0449a772a6956abf03358f0ff31720580
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