CVE-2026-92499: ext4: validate readdir offset before accessing dirent
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 64d445d40e5ea4c4d4d88880db753b370cb69161, b4c728577933753180e3e97f08424d5bcaff705e, bc4b7b0414c33b2c8898eb04386df0d21a13dad8.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 64d445d40e5ea4c4d4d88880db753b370cb69161, b4c728577933753180e3e97f08424d5bcaff705e, bc4b7b0414c33b2c8898eb04386df0d21a13dad8 or later.
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Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext4: validate readdir offset before accessing dirent A corrupted directory can trigger the following KASAN report when ext4_readdir() resumes from an invalid position: BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in __ext4_check_dir_entry+0x5ef/0x820 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810a646000 by task repro_linear/509 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x53/0x70 print_report+0xd0/0x630 kasan_report+0xce/0x100 __ext4_check_dir_entry+0x5ef/0x820 ext4_readdir+0xcde/0x2b70 iterate_dir+0x1a1/0x520 __x64_sys_getdents64+0x12b/0x220 do_syscall_64+0xf9/0x540 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f </TASK> KASAN reports use-after-free because the out-of-bounds access lands in an adjacent freed page. The directory buffer itself is still referenced. ext4_dir_llseek() invalidates the directory cookie so that ext4_readdir() rescans directory entries from the start of the block. The rescan checks only the lower bound of rec_len before advancing. A corrupted rec_len can therefore place the offset where the block has insufficient space for a complete directory entry. The rescan itself may dereference that truncated entry, or the main loop may pass it to __ext4_check_dir_entry(). The latter reads de->rec_len before validating the range. For example: block offset 0 4092 4096 |---- de1.rec_len = 4092 -----|----| de2.inode | de2.rec_len ^ OOB, reported as UAF de2 starts at offset 4092 in this 4 KiB block. Its four-byte inode fits in the block, but its rec_len starts at offset 4096 and crosses the boundary. The minimum safe length is inode-dependent. Encrypted and casefolded directory entries need eight additional hash bytes, while a valid metadata checksum tail is only 12 bytes. Cache the metadata checksum feature state and derive the minimum directory entry length from the on-disk format. Use it to bound both the rescan and the offset passed to the main loop. Report an offset in a truncated block tail and skip the remainder of the block, while continuing to accept an offset exactly at the block boundary.
- Published
- Sep 17, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 9th percentile
- CWE
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Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Linux Linux
- 2.6.19affected
- ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 and later · before 64d445d40e5ea4c4d4d88880db753b370cb69161affected · git
- ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 and later · before b4c728577933753180e3e97f08424d5bcaff705eaffected · git
- ac27a0ec112a089f1a5102bc8dffc79c8c815571 and later · before bc4b7b0414c33b2c8898eb04386df0d21a13dad8affected · git
- before 2.6.19not affected · semver
- 6.18.52 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
- 7.2.6 and later · up to and including 7.2.*not affected · semver
- 7.3 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
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| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | from 0 | — |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 7.2.6-1 | 7.2.6-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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- ← EarlierCVE-2026-92498Sep 17, 2026 · wifi: ath6kl: avoid buffer overreads in WMI event handlers0Monitor
- Later →CVE-2026-92500Sep 17, 2026 · ext4: use fsdata to track inline data write state and fix race0Monitor
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| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 64d445d40e5ea4c4d4d88880db753b370cb69161 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b4c728577933753180e3e97f08424d5bcaff705e | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | bc4b7b0414c33b2c8898eb04386df0d21a13dad8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 7.2.6-1 · Debian:14 | Package registry (OSV) |
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