{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-89990","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-11T19:38:34.780Z","datePublished":"2026-09-16T10:33:04.371Z","dateUpdated":"2026-09-16T14:41:05.472Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-09-16T14:41:05.472Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nceph: lock mutex in ceph_mds_check_access()\n\nMDS session OPEN handling replaces mdsc->s_cap_auths under\nmdsc->mutex, freeing the previous array and its strings.\n\nceph_mds_check_access() traverses this array without holding the\nmutex.  A concurrent session reopen can therefore free the array while\nit is being inspected, resulting in a use-after-free like this:\n\n  Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 003aaad64b2c8bb9\n  [...]\n  Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1]  SMP\n  Modules linked in:\n  CPU: 56 UID: 2953037534 PID: 1253231 Comm: php-cgi8.4 Not tainted 6.18.45-i2-ampere #1146 NONE\n  [..]\n  pc : ceph_mds_check_access+0xd4/0x550\n  lr : ceph_mds_check_access+0xc8/0x550\n  [...]\n  Call trace:\n   ceph_mds_check_access+0xd4/0x550 (P)\n   ceph_atomic_open+0x138/0xbe8\n   path_openat+0xa24/0xfa8\n   do_filp_open+0x94/0x158\n   do_sys_openat2+0x88/0xf8"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":9.8,"baseSeverity":"CRITICAL"},"scenarios":[{"lang":"en","value":"AV:N - handle_session() frees mdsc->s_cap_auths on CEPH_SESSION_OPEN delivered over the Ceph messenger TCP session (mds_dispatch, CEPH_MSG_CLIENT_SESSION). CephFS re-exported via nfsd/ksmbd also lets a remote client reach the unlocked walker through ceph_atomic_open.\nAC:L - A malicious MDS may send CEPH_SESSION_OPEN even on an already-open session, freeing and replacing s_cap_auths under mdsc->mutex at will. Concurrent open/unlink/setattr, including nfsd/ksmbd on a CephFS export, walk that array without the mutex; the MDS can retry while those operations are in flight.\nPR:N - The attacker is the remote MDS peer, or an NFS/SMB client of a CephFS re-export, and needs no Linux UID, capability, or init-namespace root on the victim host, matching other MDS-driven CephFS client CVEs such as CVE-2026-89651.\nUI:N - Once CephFS is mounted, as is standard in Rook, Kubernetes, and OpenStack, SESSION_OPEN and VFS/nfsd opens run without any further interactive victim action such as mounting media or opening a user-supplied file at exploit time.\nS:U - The use-after-free corrupts kernel heap on the CephFS client host and remains in that kernel's security authority; it is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or sandbox boundary crossing.\nC:H - ceph_mds_check_access() and ceph_mds_auth_match() dereference the freed s_cap_auths array and its match.path, gids, and fs_name strings; a use-after-free of those objects enables arbitrary kernel read via heap reuse and is High per kernel UAF guidance.\nI:H - The same UAF is heap-sprayable with attacker-controlled SESSION_OPEN allocations (cap_auths_num and string lengths), yielding write and control-flow primitives; kernel guidance scores use-after-free integrity as High.\nA:H - The reported oops is a kernel paging fault in ceph_mds_check_access from ceph_atomic_open on the freed array; repeating SESSION_OPEN while the walker runs can oops or panic the client, which is High availability impact."}]}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ceph/mds_client.c","fs/ceph/mds_client.h"],"versions":[{"version":"596afb0b8933ba6ed7227adcc538db26feb25c74","lessThan":"729c1ff670ece6f3d4b1738365a0b2f90d487523","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"596afb0b8933ba6ed7227adcc538db26feb25c74","lessThan":"ca5bfea2045ef2eb3305cf2a9d8da549b76c37d3","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"596afb0b8933ba6ed7227adcc538db26feb25c74","lessThan":"df1a97d5313fccadb08390306d49b194fb027392","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"596afb0b8933ba6ed7227adcc538db26feb25c74","lessThan":"a61c6ae1dae2611082b831b4aaa780878099c012","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["fs/ceph/mds_client.c","fs/ceph/mds_client.h"],"versions":[{"version":"6.10","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"6.10","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.110","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.51","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2.5","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.3-rc2","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.110"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.51"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"7.2.5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"6.10","versionEndExcluding":"7.3-rc2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/729c1ff670ece6f3d4b1738365a0b2f90d487523"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca5bfea2045ef2eb3305cf2a9d8da549b76c37d3"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df1a97d5313fccadb08390306d49b194fb027392"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a61c6ae1dae2611082b831b4aaa780878099c012"}],"title":"ceph: lock mutex in ceph_mds_check_access()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}