Vulnerability · Published Sep 16, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-89839f2fs: use the mount idmap for the owner check in f2fs_xattr_advise_set()

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In plain English

A security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 90.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: use the mount idmap for the owner check in f2fs_xattr_advise_set() f2fs_xattr_advise_set() calls inode_owner_or_capable() with &nop_mnt_idmap before allowing the "system.advise" xattr to be set, instead of the idmap that the VFS passes to the ->set() handler. f2fs supports idmapped mounts, so on such a mount this checks the caller's fsuid against the unmapped on-disk owner rather than the mapped owner: the actual owner can be wrongly denied with -EPERM and an unrelated caller wrongly allowed. Pass the handler's idmap instead.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:13linux6.12.111-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89839
Debian:14linux7.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89839
Debian:12linux-6.126.12.111-1~deb12u1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinuxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-awsno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcpno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeopno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibmno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatencyno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegrano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracleno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-vmwareno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinxno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-89839

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 01beba7957a26f9b7179127e8ad56bb5a0f56138 – before 4c0c610b480cfbc57528aa1acbd6be12ed2a6fb101beba7957a26f9b7179127e8ad56bb5a0f56138 – before c3e2692c7a58e0bdb84bd658d827e89dcecea3ad01beba7957a26f9b7179127e8ad56bb5a0f56138 – before 3b681229e9f8fb1dd29bc65983bf3c87779e4ca301beba7957a26f9b7179127e8ad56bb5a0f56138 – before ab31e3b774f5d06b4489cef6c297b48c47c9dcbd01beba7957a26f9b7179127e8ad56bb5a0f56138 – before a54ffce4637acb0db8e695188a6c7f99f14c3576
Linux Linux 6.3

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