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GHSA-FP98-H54J-VWFJ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-16 12:30 – Updated: 2026-09-16 15:30

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ublk: clear VM_MAYWRITE on read-only ublk char device mmap

ublk_ch_mmap() rejects mmap requests with VM_WRITE set, but never clears VM_MAYWRITE on the resulting read-only mapping. This allows a userspace daemon to mmap the per-queue command buffer PROT_READ, then upgrade it to PROT_WRITE via mprotect(), since VM_MAYWRITE was never cleared.

The command buffer holds struct ublksrv_io_desc entries that are kernel-written ABI; a writable mapping lets an unprivileged daemon process corrupt fields such as addr, op_flags, nr_sectors, and start_sector.

Same bug class as the drm/panthor and drm/vc4 VM_MAYWRITE fixes, and the 2026-08-13 ptp/vmclock fix (a5edadbae57e).

Verified via mprotect() PoC: before the fix, a PROT_READ mapping can be upgraded to PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE and a write into the command buffer corrupts io_desc fields (confirmed under KASAN). After the fix, mprotect() returns -EACCES.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2026-89793 (GCVE-0-2026-89793)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-16 09:54 – Updated: 2026-09-16 14:38

Title

ublk: clear VM_MAYWRITE on read-only ublk char device mmap

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: clear VM_MAYWRITE on read-only ublk char device mmap ublk_ch_mmap() rejects mmap requests with VM_WRITE set, but never clears VM_MAYWRITE on the resulting read-only mapping. This allows a userspace daemon to mmap the per-queue command buffer PROT_READ, then upgrade it to PROT_WRITE via mprotect(), since VM_MAYWRITE was never cleared. The command buffer holds struct ublksrv_io_desc entries that are kernel-written ABI; a writable mapping lets an unprivileged daemon process corrupt fields such as addr, op_flags, nr_sectors, and start_sector. Same bug class as the drm/panthor and drm/vc4 VM_MAYWRITE fixes, and the 2026-08-13 ptp/vmclock fix (a5edadbae57e). Verified via mprotect() PoC: before the fix, a PROT_READ mapping can be upgraded to PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE and a write into the command buffer corrupts io_desc fields (confirmed under KASAN). After the fix, mprotect() returns -EACCES.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

5 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/be41733c24be58e2a…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5befd06a72216869b…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e373c1acdbcf88cec…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fa5e1bc673ca59722…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2b571b0a54755b0…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < be41733c24be58e2a1ef718c80fafdfb98a40d5e (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 5befd06a72216869b607cf7724a4f16c6a2d3999 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < e373c1acdbcf88cec533ece9f589020adaed0a78 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < fa5e1bc673ca59722608af67b27e65dba0c97926 (git) Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 6e2b571b0a54755b06e092501913e1dfefe75d6c (git) Affected: 0 , < 6.6.157 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 6.12.110 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 6.18.51 (semver) Affected: 0 , < 7.2.5 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.51 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.5 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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