{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2026-98885","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2026-09-25T10:25:14.378Z","datePublished":"2026-10-23T11:37:41.736Z","dateUpdated":"2026-10-26T06:56:09.404Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-10-26T06:56:09.404Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed\n\nDuring early boot, the filesystem is read-only and any changes\nto xattrs are not allowed. This fails in case of ext4 because\nchanging xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the\nfollowing warning.\n\nWARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed  c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\nRIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4]\nCall Trace:\n  __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n  ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n  __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0\n  __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0\n  ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40\n  ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0\n  process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40\n  ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0\n  ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0\n  ? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n  ? bpf_prog_31efb7c56239148b_restrict_filesystems+0xab/0x126\n  ? __bpf_prog_exit+0x23/0xd0\n  ? __bpf_tramp_exit+0xd/0x50\n  ? bpf_trampoline_6442530367+0x9f/0xea\n  ima_file_check+0x57/0x80\n  security_file_post_open+0x50/0xf0\n  path_openat+0x493/0x1650\n  do_filp_open+0xc7/0x170\n\nDetect the state of the file early and return the error."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c"],"versions":[{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcd","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cf","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"07f6a79415d7d502ee0c7d02ace6594a7be7429a","lessThan":"69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["security/integrity/ima/ima_appraise.c"],"versions":[{"version":"3.7","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"3.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.10.271","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.222","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1.189","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.6.158","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.12.111","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.18.53","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"7.2","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":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.271"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.222"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.1.189"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.6.158"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.12.111"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"6.18.53"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"3.7","versionEndExcluding":"7.2"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcd"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cf"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8"}],"title":"ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}