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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-89793"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-16T09:54:33.678Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T08:52:48.148Z"
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-2026-89793"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-89793.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89793"
title: "ublk: clear VM_MAYWRITE on read-only ublk char device mmap"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nublk: clear VM_MAYWRITE on read-only ublk char device mmap\n\nublk_ch_mmap() rejects mmap requests with VM_WRITE set, but never\nclears VM_MAYWRITE on the resulting read-only mapping. This allows\na userspace daemon to mmap the per-queue command buffer PROT_READ,\nthen upgrade it to PROT_WRITE via mprotect(), since VM_MAYWRITE was\nnever cleared.\n\nThe command buffer holds struct ublksrv_io_desc entries that are\nkernel-written ABI; a writable mapping lets an unprivileged daemon\nprocess corrupt fields such as addr, op_flags, nr_sectors, and\nstart_sector.\n\nSame bug class as the drm/panthor and drm/vc4 VM_MAYWRITE fixes, and\nthe 2026-08-13 ptp/vmclock fix (a5edadbae57e).\n\nVerified via mprotect() PoC: before the fix, a PROT_READ mapping can\nbe upgraded to PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE and a write into the command\nbuffer corrupts io_desc fields (confirmed under KASAN). After the\nfix, mprotect() returns -EACCES."
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