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CVE-2026-89600

kernel: fanotify: fix use-after-free of file range info

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · September 11, 2026

Updated · September 29, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's fanotify subsystem. This use-after-free vulnerability occurs when the system attempts to report file range information after the memory holding that information has been released. A local attacker could potentially exploit this to read stale stack memory, leading to information disclosure or system instability.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-825 · Expired Pointer Dereference