# CVE-2026-89720: ubifs: fix out-of-bounds read in signature length check

- Severity: CVSS 7.7 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109, and 2 more
- Published: 2026-09-11 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in ab7405bd86331cc2dbc8201699d4adc33bea75e7; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in 11abc34698cb3172badf8aa12e623f1bac98bbd8; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in 8cc3da72cf57acb4b77442ea8cec48425dff7c06; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in 37a9d25a563f5f9103282954ce573c4a61321e7c; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in f76b79d6e42af20682495bccd22f72c7164b0018; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in a1dc246f98bb94233effa4fa3ec7bf84700bb7d1; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in 83e1aa9f5f906c9b1f4949d0521f0f950a159d96; from 817aa094842dfc3a6b98c9582d4a647827f66201, fixed in 95d27c1708bb6e8823c8e7c623f9abc2a91bf4bf
- Linux: 5.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 5.3.0, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.109; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.50; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ubifs: fix out-of-bounds read in signature length check ubifs_sb_verify_signature() bounds the on-disk ubifs_sig_node->len field before handing the signature payload to verify_pkcs7_signature(), but the check has the wrong sign: if (le32_to_cpu(signode->len) > snod->len + sizeof(struct ubifs_sig_node)) The signature bytes start sizeof(struct ubifs_sig_node) (UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ, 64 bytes) into the node, so the payload is at most snod->len - sizeof(struct ubifs_sig_node) bytes long. Adding the header size instead of subtracting it accepts a declared length up to 2 * UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ larger than the node actually holds -- past the end of c->sbuf, which is vmalloc(c->leb_size). verify_pkcs7_signature() -> pkcs7_parse_message() -> asn1_ber_decoder() is then handed that inflated length and reads beyond the allocation while walking the DER headers. The node length comes straight from the mounted image, so a crafted signed UBIFS image reaches this via ubifs_read_superblock() before the signature is cryptographically checked. snod->len is guaranteed to be >= UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ by the node scanner (c->ranges[UBIFS_SIG_NODE].min_len == UBIFS_SIG_NODE_SZ), so the corrected subtraction cannot underflow. Legitimately signed images are unaffected: a correct superblock never declares a signature longer than the node it is embedded in.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.270, 5.15.221, 6.1.188, 6.6.157, 6.12.109) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab7405bd86331cc2dbc8201699d4adc33bea75e7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11abc34698cb3172badf8aa12e623f1bac98bbd8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc3da72cf57acb4b77442ea8cec48425dff7c06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37a9d25a563f5f9103282954ce573c4a61321e7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f76b79d6e42af20682495bccd22f72c7164b0018
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1dc246f98bb94233effa4fa3ec7bf84700bb7d1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83e1aa9f5f906c9b1f4949d0521f0f950a159d96
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95d27c1708bb6e8823c8e7c623f9abc2a91bf4bf

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