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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2026-98885" idYear: 2026 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2026-10-23T11:37:41.736Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-23T11:37:41.736Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z" 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-2026-98885" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-98885.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98885" title: "ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed" summary: "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: [{"versions":[{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcd"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cf"},{"version":"1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.10.271"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.15.222"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.1.189"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.6.158"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.12.111"},{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.18.53"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.10.271","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.222","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.189","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.158","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.111","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.18.53","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.18.*"},{"version":"7.2","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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