Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90321

Vulnerability identifier: #VU151156

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90321

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to trigger an out-of-bounds read.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient bounds checking in OCFS2 inline extended-attribute metadata when accessing an inode with corrupted inline extended attributes. A local user can invoke getxattr() or listxattr() on the affected inode to trigger an out-of-bounds read.

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.115-2

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fd45b24879fa4885b66a582a6e47eda67f11310
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8914a3330b72378136c2c02d6328a826f6abdad7

• Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel ocfs2
• Debian update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp and more