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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-89655" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-09-11T19:45:44.841Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:50:26.879Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:35.090Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89655" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89655.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89655" title: "ceph: fix UAF in __kick_flushing_caps() on cf entry freed during unlock" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nceph: fix UAF in __kick_flushing_caps() on cf entry freed during unlock\n\nlist_for_each_entry() iterates ci-\u003ei_cap_flush_list but drops\ni_ceph_lock to send cap messages. During the unlock window,\nhandle_cap_flush_ack() can acquire i_ceph_lock, detach cf entries\nwith tid \u003c= flush_tid from the list, release i_ceph_lock, and free\nthem via ceph_free_cap_flush() outside any lock. When the original\nthread reacquires i_ceph_lock and the for-loop macro advances via\ncf = list_next_entry(cf, i_list), it dereferences cf-\u003ei_list.next\non freed memory.\n\nThe race timeline:\n\n __kick_flushing_caps() handle_cap_flush_ack()\n ----------------------- -----------------------\n holds i_ceph_lock \u003c---\n iterates to cf (tid=10)\n prepares FLUSH message\n drops i_ceph_lock \u003c---\n __send_cap() ── FLUSH(tid=10)\n\t MDS sends FLUSH_ACK(tid=10)\n ---\u003e acquires i_ceph_lock\n cf-\u003etid(10) \u003c= flush_tid(10),\n detaches cf from i_cap_flush_list\n drops i_ceph_lock\n ceph_free_cap_flush(cf) \u003c- frees it!\n acquires i_ceph_lock \u003c---\n for-loop advances:\n cf = list_next_entry(cf, i_list)\n -- UAF on freed cf-\u003ei_list.next\n\nThe cf was just sent by __kick_flushing_caps itself via __send_cap().\nThe MDS may respond with FLUSH_ACK quickly enough that\nhandle_cap_flush_ack() frees cf before __kick_flushing_caps can\nfinish the iteration.\n\nFix by converting to a manual while loop: save the next pointer\nunder i_ceph_lock before dropping it, then use the saved pointer\nafter reacquiring, so the potentially-freed cf is never accessed again." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"091137821e1fc88f37e15201abf055c9494ddc61"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"01542430081014d80fc9e70e92d6647432ddb7fc"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"23eb34a53a53cb1a6dab1eeee830633207ac158d"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"19f16f04c2b014a7dd214dc1e42557d8530b16f3"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2701431aa3cc8b23efe6890182e7b04f5e76fab5"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fe46746087b5b9c5bb2d022df6c7819218494ced"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2dba24dcd5050be4b7b119e6f0b01f62203b5d26"},{"version":"e4500b5e35c213e0f97be7cb69328c0877203a79","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7af4c4f01305b0935adf6d4301b1ec407025485d"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.8"},{"version":"5.10.270","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.221","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.188","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.157","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.109","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.50","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2.4","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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