CVE-2026-89604

efivarfs: Rate limit statfs() handler

N/A
Published: September 11, 2026 at 07:45 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efivarfs: Rate limit statfs() handler Ravi reports that statfs() may be called by unprivileged users on the efivarfs mount point, which may result in a flood of calls to the QueryVariableInfo() runtime service. These calls are disproportionately costly on x86 systems where the variable store is backed by SMM, as each SMM entry requires a rendez-vous of all the CPUs. So rate limit the calls to QueryVariableInfo() at twice per second, and return the most recently obtained value for calls that are elided.

Affected

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

115409cbb6a296d73702a62c54c5b1b11cb88b3d6.1.1786.5d86ff3333cb1d5f42d8898fb5fdb304e143c0237
Vendor states this is fixed in 0dbc2e94b81df5a1264068b6ed3605c654b8afcb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3cd611c9f1dbcc116c8af5112e3c1783c8cde2ae (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8953bdd1b9c0e748d5408d3d0b8e7aeee5c9cd41 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 92895a14329cc9533e2a74a265214f690ba3851a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 97d71ebee48cd1b29091762b3e5cca4f815dd84c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b2326338dc683e8c1067c0cbf7a47986c4190902 (fixed)
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 6.5 (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)

Remediation

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