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

ocfs2: always run deallocs on copy-on-write completion

Local fuzzing of 6.12.94 has found the following memory leak
caused by doing 'copy_file_range()' within the same filesystem:

unreferenced object 0xffff88812192c980 (size 32):
comm "syz.0.49", pid 12095, jiffies 4294964143
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
c0 c5 92 21 81 88 ff ff 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 ...!............
backtrace (crc 7068d63f):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline]
ocfs2_find_per_slot_free_list fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6618 [inline]
ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc+0x155/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6786
ocfs2_cache_extent_block_free fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6819 [inline]
ocfs2_unlink_path+0x286/0x450 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2613
ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2779 [inline]
__ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x1f6f/0x2da0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2985
ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x283/0xe00 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3237
ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent+0xf56/0x1a20 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3825
ocfs2_split_extent+0x15f4/0x2940 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:5138
ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount+0x2f6/0x550 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3098
ocfs2_replace_clusters fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3131 [inline]
ocfs2_make_clusters_writable fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3255 [inline]
ocfs2_replace_cow+0x991/0x1660 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3349
ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3427 [inline]
ocfs2_refcount_cow+0x5e1/0x9f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3470
ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write fs/ocfs2/file.c:2340 [inline]
ocfs2_file_write_iter+0xbda/0x1880 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2451
iter_file_splice_write+0x890/0xf60 fs/splice.c:743
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:944 [inline]
direct_splice_actor+0x232/0x480 fs/splice.c:1167
splice_direct_to_actor+0x4b4/0xb60 fs/splice.c:1111
do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1210 [inline]
do_splice_direct+0x10f/0x1c0 fs/splice.c:1236
do_sendfile+0x430/0xbf0 fs/read_write.c:1388

unreferenced object 0xffff88812192c5c0 (size 32):
comm "syz.0.49", pid 12095, jiffies 4294964143
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
29 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 )p..............
backtrace (crc afec850f):
kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline]
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline]
kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline]
ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc+0x25c/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6793
ocfs2_cache_extent_block_free fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6819 [inline]
ocfs2_unlink_path+0x286/0x450 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2613
ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2779 [inline]
__ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x1f6f/0x2da0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2985
ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x283/0xe00 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3237
ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent+0xf56/0x1a20 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3825
ocfs2_split_extent+0x15f4/0x2940 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:5138
ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount+0x2f6/0x550 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3098
ocfs2_replace_clusters fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3131 [inline]
ocfs2_make_clusters_writable fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3255 [inline]
ocfs2_replace_cow+0x991/0x1660 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3349
ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3427 [inline]
ocfs2_refcount_cow+0x5e1/0x9f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3470
ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write fs/ocfs2/file.c:2340 [inline]
ocfs2_file_write_iter+0xbda/0x1880 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2451
iter_file_splice_write+0x890/0xf60 fs/splice.c:743
do_splice_from fs/splice.c:9
---truncated---

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00168.

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Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
6f70fa519976a379d72781d927cf8e5f5b05ec86 affected < 123c050eb96aae0bab74c9f06c6ad3de7992722b
6f70fa519976a379d72781d927cf8e5f5b05ec86 affected < 71f07b7f90b3109c9098d1b9c8efbbeece5deb8a
6f70fa519976a379d72781d927cf8e5f5b05ec86 affected < 09e93a60e18e83a630ff84ae00cb564bab96ab1f
6f70fa519976a379d72781d927cf8e5f5b05ec86 affected < 82ea9d4fc05fb7a387db547c6a7c0aa6a3719616
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
2.6.32 affected —
0 unaffected < 2.6.32
6.12.109 unaffected ≤ 6.12.*
6.18.50 unaffected ≤ 6.18.*
7.2.4 unaffected ≤ 7.2.*
7.3-rc1 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09e93a60e18e83a630ff84ae00cb564bab96ab1f cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/123c050eb96aae0bab74c9f06c6ad3de7992722b cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71f07b7f90b3109c9098d1b9c8efbbeece5deb8a cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82ea9d4fc05fb7a387db547c6a7c0aa6a3719616 cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-89496 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-89496 cve-icon
History

Sat, 12 Sep 2026 12:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-772
References
Metrics threat_severity

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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 11 Sep 2026 23:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: always run deallocs on copy-on-write completion Local fuzzing of 6.12.94 has found the following memory leak caused by doing 'copy_file_range()' within the same filesystem: unreferenced object 0xffff88812192c980 (size 32): comm "syz.0.49", pid 12095, jiffies 4294964143 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ c0 c5 92 21 81 88 ff ff 00 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 ...!............ backtrace (crc 7068d63f): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] ocfs2_find_per_slot_free_list fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6618 [inline] ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc+0x155/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6786 ocfs2_cache_extent_block_free fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6819 [inline] ocfs2_unlink_path+0x286/0x450 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2613 ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2779 [inline] __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x1f6f/0x2da0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2985 ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x283/0xe00 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3237 ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent+0xf56/0x1a20 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3825 ocfs2_split_extent+0x15f4/0x2940 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:5138 ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount+0x2f6/0x550 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3098 ocfs2_replace_clusters fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3131 [inline] ocfs2_make_clusters_writable fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3255 [inline] ocfs2_replace_cow+0x991/0x1660 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3349 ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3427 [inline] ocfs2_refcount_cow+0x5e1/0x9f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3470 ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write fs/ocfs2/file.c:2340 [inline] ocfs2_file_write_iter+0xbda/0x1880 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2451 iter_file_splice_write+0x890/0xf60 fs/splice.c:743 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:944 [inline] direct_splice_actor+0x232/0x480 fs/splice.c:1167 splice_direct_to_actor+0x4b4/0xb60 fs/splice.c:1111 do_splice_direct_actor fs/splice.c:1210 [inline] do_splice_direct+0x10f/0x1c0 fs/splice.c:1236 do_sendfile+0x430/0xbf0 fs/read_write.c:1388 unreferenced object 0xffff88812192c5c0 (size 32): comm "syz.0.49", pid 12095, jiffies 4294964143 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ 29 70 00 00 00 00 00 00 19 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 )p.............. backtrace (crc afec850f): kmemleak_alloc_recursive include/linux/kmemleak.h:42 [inline] slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4152 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x168/0x2c0 mm/slub.c:4358 kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:878 [inline] kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1014 [inline] ocfs2_cache_block_dealloc+0x25c/0x4b0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6793 ocfs2_cache_extent_block_free fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:6819 [inline] ocfs2_unlink_path+0x286/0x450 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2613 ocfs2_rotate_subtree_left fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2779 [inline] __ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x1f6f/0x2da0 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:2985 ocfs2_rotate_tree_left+0x283/0xe00 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3237 ocfs2_try_to_merge_extent+0xf56/0x1a20 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:3825 ocfs2_split_extent+0x15f4/0x2940 fs/ocfs2/alloc.c:5138 ocfs2_clear_ext_refcount+0x2f6/0x550 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3098 ocfs2_replace_clusters fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3131 [inline] ocfs2_make_clusters_writable fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3255 [inline] ocfs2_replace_cow+0x991/0x1660 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3349 ocfs2_refcount_cow_hunk fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3427 [inline] ocfs2_refcount_cow+0x5e1/0x9f0 fs/ocfs2/refcounttree.c:3470 ocfs2_prepare_inode_for_write fs/ocfs2/file.c:2340 [inline] ocfs2_file_write_iter+0xbda/0x1880 fs/ocfs2/file.c:2451 iter_file_splice_write+0x890/0xf60 fs/splice.c:743 do_splice_from fs/splice.c:9 ---truncated---
Title ocfs2: always run deallocs on copy-on-write completion
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-09-11T19:43:46.772Z

Reserved: 2026-09-11T19:38:34.714Z

Link: CVE-2026-89496

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-11T20:19:31.657

Modified: 2026-09-11T20:19:31.657

Link: CVE-2026-89496

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2026-09-11T19:43:46Z

Links: CVE-2026-89496 - Bugzilla

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