CVE-2026-98885None▾ SunlitIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed During early boot, the filesystem is read-only and any changes to xattrs are not allowed. This fails in case of…
▾ Sunlit zone — Low / medium · no exploitation signal
impact 2.8 · likelihood 0 · exploitation 0
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed
During early boot, the filesystem is read-only and any changes to xattrs are not allowed. This fails in case of ext4 because changing xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the following warning.
WARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561 CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4] Call Trace: __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0 __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0 ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40 ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0 process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40 ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0 ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0 ? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1] ? bpf_prog_31efb7c56239148b_restrict_filesystems+0xab/0x126 ? __bpf_prog_exit+0x23/0xd0 ? __bpf_tramp_exit+0xd/0x50 ? bpf_trampoline_6442530367+0x9f/0xea ima_file_check+0x57/0x80 security_file_post_open+0x50/0xf0 path_openat+0x493/0x1650 do_filp_open+0xc7/0x170
Detect the state of the file early and return the error.
Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcdLinux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4Linux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cfLinux >= 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8Linux < 5.10.271Linux < 5.15.222Linux < 6.1.189Linux < 6.6.158Linux < 6.12.111Linux < 6.18.53Linux (all versions)Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
Connected by shared product, vendor, weakness, or advisory.
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