CVE-2026-53041

ocfs2: fix listxattr handling when the buffer is full

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:29 PM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 01:24 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix listxattr handling when the buffer is full [BUG] If an OCFS2 inode has both inline and block-based xattrs, listxattr() can return a size larger than the caller's buffer when the inline names consume that buffer exactly. kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:102! Oops: invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI RIP: 0010:usercopy_abort+0xb7/0xd0 mm/usercopy.c:102 Call Trace: __check_heap_object+0xe3/0x120 mm/slub.c:8243 check_heap_object mm/usercopy.c:196 [inline] __check_object_size mm/usercopy.c:250 [inline] __check_object_size+0x5c5/0x780 mm/usercopy.c:215 check_object_size include/linux/ucopysize.h:22 [inline] check_copy_size include/linux/ucopysize.h:59 [inline] copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:219 [inline] listxattr+0xb0/0x170 fs/xattr.c:926 filename_listxattr fs/xattr.c:958 [inline] path_listxattrat+0x137/0x320 fs/xattr.c:988 __do_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:1001 [inline] __se_sys_listxattr fs/xattr.c:998 [inline] __x64_sys_listxattr+0x7f/0xd0 fs/xattr.c:998 ... [CAUSE] Commit 936b8834366e ("ocfs2: Refactor xattr list and remove ocfs2_xattr_handler().") replaced the old per-handler list accounting with ocfs2_xattr_list_entry(), but it kept using size == 0 to detect probe mode. That assumption stops being true once ocfs2_listxattr() finishes the inline-xattr pass. If the inline names fill the caller buffer exactly, the block-xattr pass runs with a non-NULL buffer and a remaining size of zero. ocfs2_xattr_list_entry() then skips the bounds check, keeps counting block names, and returns a positive size larger than the supplied buffer. [FIX] Detect probe mode by testing whether the destination buffer pointer is NULL instead of whether the remaining size is zero. That restores the pre-refactor behavior and matches the OCFS2 getxattr helpers. Once the remaining buffer reaches zero while more names are left, the block-xattr pass now returns -ERANGE instead of reporting a size larger than the allocated list buffer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

2.6.28 ≤ v < 5.10.2582.6.28 ≤ v < 5.15.2092.6.28 ≤ v < 6.1.1752.6.28 ≤ v < 6.12.912.6.28 ≤ v < 6.18.332.6.28 ≤ v < 6.6.1412.6.28 ≤ v < 7.0.102.6.28 ≤ v < 7.15.11 ≤ v < 5.15.2095.16 ≤ v < 6.1.1756.13 ≤ v < 6.18.336.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1416.7 ≤ v < 6.12.912.6.28936b8834366ec05f2a6993f73afd8348cac9718e
Vendor states this is fixed in 2323084c17370304f49c84b354fe7b3edbb264fe (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2685df8577a38d83b367c8cf52eda9dc286959ff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 46e66fefb83811958127bc9ad736983ec629d82b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 50033ec1350fe68abdc63b950ced7ae57364b77a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6f702b00b8124c5d3525f19172934544826a114d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a35a1c2b170b5b578b1b3fecb95694796552af9a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d12f558e6200b3f47dbef9331ed6d115d2410e59 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d919b905939eda93393e3572900ff70dbad2b47f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.28 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.258 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.209 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.175 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.141 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

7.1HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-787

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