FKIE_CVE-2026-63808
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-07-19 12:16 - Updated: 2026-07-20 15:16
Severity
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
exfat: fix potential use-after-free in exfat_find_dir_entry()
In exfat_find_dir_entry(), the buffer_head obtained from
exfat_get_dentry() is released with brelse(bh) before the fall-through
TYPE_EXTEND branch reads the directory entry through ep (which points
into bh->b_data):
brelse(bh);
if (entry_type == TYPE_EXTEND) {
...
len = exfat_extract_uni_name(ep, entry_uniname);
...
}
After brelse() drops our reference, nothing guarantees that the
underlying page backing bh->b_data remains valid for the subsequent
exfat_extract_uni_name() read. This is the same pattern fixed in
commit fc961522ddbd ("exfat: Fix potential use after free in
exfat_load_upcase_table()").
Move brelse(bh) so it runs after ep is no longer dereferenced on
each branch.
Confirmed on QEMU x86_64 with CONFIG_KASAN=y + CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y
+ CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y on linux-next, using a crafted exFAT image
(long filename with same-hash collisions forcing the TYPE_EXTEND path).
With a debug-only invalidate_bdev() inserted between brelse(bh) and
the ep read to make the stale-deref window deterministic, the
unpatched kernel faults:
BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in exfat_find_dir_entry+0x133b/0x15a0
BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff88801a5fa0c2
Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN NOPTI
RIP: 0010:exfat_find_dir_entry+0x1188/0x15a0
With this patch applied, the same instrumented harness completes
cleanly under the same sanitizer stack. I have not reproduced a
crash on an uninstrumented kernel under ordinary reclaim; the
instrumented A/B establishes the lifetime violation and that the
patch closes it, not an unaided triggerability claim.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|
{
"affected": [
{
"affectedData": [
{
"defaultStatus": "unaffected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/exfat/dir.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"lessThan": "e6f1a11cfb808441a43ffae9b476cc135732cd27",
"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "e48f413c2815787b8cade2795e194e3c4cd782ef",
"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "06c4e1e9967d332ac33ba38b7819851089ff9359",
"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "8e0abc17fbd7e305802e84fe98b4950d50f9c433",
"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
"lessThan": "4d101016d5e587f820b3ae2d5bb6770d86342649",
"status": "affected",
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"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
},
{
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"status": "affected",
"version": "ca06197382bde0a3bc20215595d1c9ce20c6e341",
"versionType": "git"
}
]
},
{
"defaultStatus": "affected",
"product": "Linux",
"programFiles": [
"fs/exfat/dir.c"
],
"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
"vendor": "Linux",
"versions": [
{
"status": "affected",
"version": "5.7"
},
{
"lessThan": "5.7",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "0",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.10.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.10.260",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "5.15.211",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.1.177",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.6.144",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.12.95",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "6.18.38",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "7.1.*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.1.3",
"versionType": "semver"
},
{
"lessThanOrEqual": "*",
"status": "unaffected",
"version": "7.2-rc1",
"versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"
}
]
}
],
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
}
],
"cveTags": [],
"descriptions": [
{
"lang": "en",
"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nexfat: fix potential use-after-free in exfat_find_dir_entry()\n\nIn exfat_find_dir_entry(), the buffer_head obtained from\nexfat_get_dentry() is released with brelse(bh) before the fall-through\nTYPE_EXTEND branch reads the directory entry through ep (which points\ninto bh-\u003eb_data):\n\n\tbrelse(bh);\n\tif (entry_type == TYPE_EXTEND) {\n\t\t...\n\t\tlen = exfat_extract_uni_name(ep, entry_uniname);\n\t\t...\n\t}\n\nAfter brelse() drops our reference, nothing guarantees that the\nunderlying page backing bh-\u003eb_data remains valid for the subsequent\nexfat_extract_uni_name() read. This is the same pattern fixed in\ncommit fc961522ddbd (\"exfat: Fix potential use after free in\nexfat_load_upcase_table()\").\n\nMove brelse(bh) so it runs after ep is no longer dereferenced on\neach branch.\n\nConfirmed on QEMU x86_64 with CONFIG_KASAN=y + CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC=y\n+ CONFIG_PAGE_POISONING=y on linux-next, using a crafted exFAT image\n(long filename with same-hash collisions forcing the TYPE_EXTEND path).\nWith a debug-only invalidate_bdev() inserted between brelse(bh) and\nthe ep read to make the stale-deref window deterministic, the\nunpatched kernel faults:\n\n BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in exfat_find_dir_entry+0x133b/0x15a0\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff88801a5fa0c2\n Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC KASAN NOPTI\n RIP: 0010:exfat_find_dir_entry+0x1188/0x15a0\n\nWith this patch applied, the same instrumented harness completes\ncleanly under the same sanitizer stack. I have not reproduced a\ncrash on an uninstrumented kernel under ordinary reclaim; the\ninstrumented A/B establishes the lifetime violation and that the\npatch closes it, not an unaided triggerability claim."
}
],
"id": "CVE-2026-63808",
"lastModified": "2026-07-20T15:16:47.660",
"metrics": {
"cvssMetricV31": [
{
"cvssData": {
"attackComplexity": "LOW",
"attackVector": "NETWORK",
"availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
"baseScore": 9.8,
"baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
"confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
"integrityImpact": "HIGH",
"privilegesRequired": "NONE",
"scope": "UNCHANGED",
"userInteraction": "NONE",
"vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"version": "3.1"
},
"exploitabilityScore": 3.9,
"impactScore": 5.9,
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"type": "Secondary"
}
]
},
"published": "2026-07-19T12:16:53.620",
"references": [
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c4e1e9967d332ac33ba38b7819851089ff9359"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f5f8ee9917cc2b9076ac533492d8a200edcabb8"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d101016d5e587f820b3ae2d5bb6770d86342649"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708b97e792945d3e4653939fd3405d71a61ad065"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e0abc17fbd7e305802e84fe98b4950d50f9c433"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adfacfbaeae2cb760f492357cc36b41f84ef7f86"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e48f413c2815787b8cade2795e194e3c4cd782ef"
},
{
"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6f1a11cfb808441a43ffae9b476cc135732cd27"
}
],
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"vulnStatus": "Received"
}
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