Filesystem checkpoint stoppage via wrong footer index
Published Sep 16, 2026 · Updated Sep 16, 2026
Improper validation in affected Linux F2FS versions allows attackers to stop filesystem checkpoints via unspecified vectors. __write_node_folio passes a node ID instead of the folio index to f2fs_sanity_check_node_footer, causing a valid footer to be treated as corrupt and checkpointing to stop. A mounted F2FS volume and node-page writeback are required; published sources do not establish attacker control of that path, data corruption, or code execution.
Summary
What happened
Improper validation in affected Linux F2FS versions allows attackers to stop filesystem checkpoints via unspecified vectors. __write_node_folio passes a node ID instead of the folio index to f2fs_sanity_check_node_footer, causing a valid footer to be treated as corrupt and checkpointing to stop. A mounted F2FS volume and node-page writeback are required; published sources do not establish attacker control of that path, data corruption, or code execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-89829
- Published
- Sep 16, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- Unavailable
Timeline
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- Sep 16, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 16, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0a736109c9d29de0c26567e42cb99b27861aa8ba <0b196c07407f48a41cd9741cf53e10cb1e23d2e5
- Affected versionversion=0a736109c9d29de0c26567e42cb99b27861aa8ba <7e188e9f9437ab47c3237d609f1b26348d6fea1a
- Affected versionversion=6.18.13 <6.18.51
- Affected versionversion=6.19.3 <6.20
- Affected versionversion=7.0
- Affected versionversion=971aa8e2a4043d92bf62061b79f74fd4ac59165a
- Affected versionversion=cd2fec912a0f04390d446ed692f73f2da842855f <a984446aa9d5b787afa3023fc7b44017b80fe3bc
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