High severity · published Sep 11, 2026
CVE-2026-89720
ubifs: fix out-of-bounds read in signature length check
7.7
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ubifs: fix out-of-bounds read in signature length check
ubifs_sb_verify_signature() bounds the on-disk ubifs_sig_node->len field
before handing the signature payload to verify_pkcs7_signature(), but the
check has the wrong sign:
if (le32_to_cpu(signode->len) > snod->len + sizeof(struct ubifs_sig_node))
The signature bytes start sizeof(struct ubifs_sig_node) (UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ,
64 bytes) into the node, so the payload is at most
snod->len - sizeof(struct ubifs_sig_node)
bytes long. Adding the header size instead of subtracting it accepts a
declared length up to 2 * UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ larger than the node actually
holds -- past the end of c->sbuf, which is vmalloc(c->leb_size).
verify_pkcs7_signature() -> pkcs7_parse_message() -> asn1_ber_decoder()
is then handed that inflated length and reads beyond the allocation while
walking the DER headers. The node length comes straight from the mounted
image, so a crafted signed UBIFS image reaches this via
ubifs_read_superblock() before the signature is cryptographically checked.
snod->len is guaranteed to be >= UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ by the node scanner
(c->ranges[UBIFS_SIG_NODE].min_len == UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ), so the corrected
subtraction cannot underflow. Legitimately signed images are unaffected: a
correct superblock never declares a signature longer than the node it is
embedded in.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 8% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201 before ab7405bd86331cc2dbc8201699d4adc33bea75e7; 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201 before 11abc34698cb3172badf8aa12e623f1bac98bbd8; 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201 before 8cc3da72cf57acb4b77442ea8cec48425dff7c06; 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201 before 37a9d25a563f5f9103282954ce573c4a61321e7c; 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201 before f76b79d6e42af20682495bccd22f72c7164b0018; 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201 before a1dc246f98bb94233effa4fa3ec7bf84700bb7d1; +3 more · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89720
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89720
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11abc34698cb3172badf8aa12e623f1bac98bbd8
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a9d25a563f5f9103282954ce573c4a61321e7c
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e1aa9f5f906c9b1f4949d0521f0f950a159d96
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc3da72cf57acb4b77442ea8cec48425dff7c06
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d27c1708bb6e8823c8e7c623f9abc2a91bf4bf
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1dc246f98bb94233effa4fa3ec7bf84700bb7d1
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