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This fails in case of ext4 because\nchanging xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the\nfollowing warning.\n\nWARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\nRIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4]\nCall Trace:\n __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0\n __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0\n ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40\n ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0\n process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40\n ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0\n ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0\n ? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n ? 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This fails in case of ext4 because\nchanging xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the\nfollowing warning.\n\nWARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\nRIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4]\nCall Trace:\n __ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n ext4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n __vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0\n __vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0\n ima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40\n ima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0\n process_measurement+0xb29/0xc40\n ? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0\n ? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0\n ? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n ? bpf_prog_31efb7c56239148b_restrict_filesystems+0xab/0x126\n ? __bpf_prog_exit+0x23/0xd0\n ? __bpf_tramp_exit+0xd/0x50\n ? bpf_trampoline_6442530367+0x9f/0xea\n ima_file_check+0x57/0x80\n security_file_post_open+0x50/0xf0\n path_openat+0x493/0x1650\n do_filp_open+0xc7/0x170\n\nDetect the state of the file early and return the error."}], "id": "CVE-2026-98885", "lastModified": "2026-10-26T07:17:13.470", "metrics": {}, "published": "2026-10-23T12:18:22.213", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f29f880e98bf0087215726c45a485afd15b42cf"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d98295357bcacb70874e73117e298a9d7d9b830"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69fc6474236d9edda6983623e4282f2bdfd8e3d8"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86acb68ebb220b83def94e7f4c33e24e843970e0"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c77312728d07b60fc028f676e42d842df918bcd"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6988714c0549e06610635c7a71e88635da6db64"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dce1b66fcfb40c935f426f602c3a41a7b9f62ba4"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Received"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: ima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed", "id": "2559576", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2559576"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "3.3", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L", "status": "draft"}, "cwe": "CWE-617", "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nima: return error early if file xattr cannot be changed\nDuring early boot, the filesystem is read-only and any changes\nto xattrs are not allowed. This fails in case of ext4 because\nchanging xattr starts an ext4 transaction which fails with the\nfollowing warning.\nWARNING: fs/ext4/ext4_jbd2.c:75 at ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4], CPU#1: systemd-sysroot/561\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 561 Comm: systemd-sysroot Not tainted 6.19.12-1-default #1 PREEMPT(voluntary) openSUSE Tumbleweed c2dfc3c9d9f6f1233251c5d4410574fe82a348ee\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022\nRIP: 0010:ext4_journal_check_start+0x63/0xa0 [ext4]\nCall Trace:\n__ext4_journal_start_sb+0x3e/0x180 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\next4_xattr_set+0x104/0x150 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n__vfs_setxattr+0x9a/0xd0\n__vfs_setxattr_noperm+0x76/0x1f0\nima_appraise_measurement+0x23e/0xe40\nima_d_path+0x5a/0xd0\nprocess_measurement+0xb29/0xc40\n? copy_from_kernel_nofault+0x21/0xe0\n? fscrypt_file_open+0xc0/0xe0\n? ext4_file_open+0x60/0x490 [ext4 6d025f3bc52c89a957b89a89d211fadf5e9434e1]\n? bpf_prog_31efb7c56239148b_restrict_filesystems+0xab/0x126\n? __bpf_prog_exit+0x23/0xd0\n? __bpf_tramp_exit+0xd/0x50\n? bpf_trampoline_6442530367+0x9f/0xea\nima_file_check+0x57/0x80\nsecurity_file_post_open+0x50/0xf0\npath_openat+0x493/0x1650\ndo_filp_open+0xc7/0x170\nDetect the state of the file early and return the error.", "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Integrity Measurement Architecture (IMA). When opening files on a read-only ext4 filesystem during boot, IMA attempts to update extended file attributes without properly verifying whether changes are permitted. This triggers a journal transaction failure and a kernel warning, which may allow a local user to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) if the system is configured to halt on warnings."], "name": "CVE-2026-98885", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-8", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/a:redhat:openshift:4", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9", "product_name": "Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4"}], "public_date": "2026-10-23T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-98885\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-98885\nhttps://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98885.mbox"], "threat_severity": "Low"}