CVE-2026-89490

ocfs2: fix readdir position truncation on 32-bit kernels

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Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:43 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: fix readdir position truncation on 32-bit kernels In ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(), the directory cookie position is rebuilt with ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1)) | offset; `ctx->pos` is loff_t (signed 64-bit), while `sb->s_blocksize` is unsigned long. On 32-bit kernels unsigned long is 32-bit, so the mask ~(sb->s_blocksize - 1) is computed as a 32-bit unsigned value (e.g. 0xfffff000 for a 4 KiB block size). In the AND expression with the 64-bit `ctx->pos`, that unsigned operand is zero-extended to 64 bits per the usual arithmetic conversions, yielding 0x00000000fffff000. The high 32 bits of `ctx->pos` are silently cleared, even though directory size is allowed to exceed 4 GiB. When readdir() crosses the 4 GiB boundary on a 32-bit kernel the position is reset back into the first 4 GiB block, making the re-validation path re-enumerate already-returned dirents indefinitely. This is ocfs2_dir_foreach_blk_el(), the extent-list readdir path taken for all non-inline directories, so a directory large enough to cross 4 GiB reaches it. This is the same class of bug that commit 3dce5bb82c97 ("exfat: Fix bitwise operation having different size") fixed in exfat, and the fix mirrors the equivalent ext4 fix in this series. Cast the operand to loff_t so the mask is 64-bit before the AND: ctx->pos = (ctx->pos & ~((loff_t)sb->s_blocksize - 1)) | offset; 64-bit kernels are unaffected.

Affected

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2.6.16ccd979bdbce9fba8412beb3f1de68a9d0171b12c
Vendor states this is fixed in 1001fb3b69a11eaa0dc7c7428f6edfa48b88997a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 1ae7029823ae4c91664cb32eec7fb8dd5e1a337a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 94569154ba49f5f85645d2019c8e206213d8404e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a63308ab426f3a3c7e33b02c150ea59054620261 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b53e2b271eeb6040c2a4a78230c570dc41cdcfa4 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c0c165487a2ea5a37ddcdab4259157b7a527129c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in c28dc3407937aa8f225942538cd585c9b28ea65a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f9dd5cad8d09110ddff2db1fe756aae93c7552ff (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.221 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.109 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.50 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc1 (unaffected)

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