orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure
On a readdir downcall, orangefs_devreq_write_iter() frees
op->downcall.trailer_buf with vfree() when copy_from_iter_full() fails,
but does not clear the pointer before goto Efault. The waiter in
do_readdir() is then woken with a negative status and frees the same
pointer again on its r < 0 path, causing a deterministic double-free.
A client holding /dev/pvfs2-req triggers it by sending a readdir
downcall whose declared trailer_size exceeds the bytes it supplies.
Clear the pointer after freeing so the readdir-side vfree() becomes a
no-op.
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Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:15:00 +0000
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Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure On a readdir downcall, orangefs_devreq_write_iter() frees op->downcall.trailer_buf with vfree() when copy_from_iter_full() fails, but does not clear the pointer before goto Efault. The waiter in do_readdir() is then woken with a negative status and frees the same pointer again on its r < 0 path, causing a deterministic double-free. A client holding /dev/pvfs2-req triggers it by sending a readdir downcall whose declared trailer_size exceeds the bytes it supplies. Clear the pointer after freeing so the readdir-side vfree() becomes a no-op. | |
| Title | orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure | |
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Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-09-11T19:43:48.096Z
Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.714Z
Link: CVE-2026-89498
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:31.940
Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:31.940
Link: CVE-2026-89498
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2026-09-12T03:45:07Z
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CWE-763
Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference