GHSA-9RPR-C8J9-PWGC
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-14 15:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
openrisc: fix arbitrary kernel memory access via or1k_atomic syscall
sys_or1k_atomic() (syscall 244 in the "or1k" ABI) takes two user pointers, v1 and v2, and swaps the words they point to in hand-written assembly.
l.lwz r29,0(r4)
l.lwz r27,0(r5)
l.sw 0(r4),r27
l.sw 0(r5),r29
The pointers are not checked with access_ok(). The four memory accesses also have no exception table entries.
A caller passes a kernel address as either pointer, and the syscall reads from and writes to it directly.
This gives an unprivileged process a kernel read/write primitive. It overwrites kernel data such as the sys_call_table, gaining code execution in kernel context.
Check both pointers before entering the critical section. Add fixups for the four memory accesses so faults on valid but unmapped user addresses return -EFAULT.
[shorne@gmail.com: fix comment style]
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-89489"
],
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"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-09-11T20:19:30Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nopenrisc: fix arbitrary kernel memory access via or1k_atomic syscall\n\nsys_or1k_atomic() (syscall 244 in the \"or1k\" ABI) takes two user\npointers, v1 and v2, and swaps the words they point to in hand-written\nassembly.\n\n l.lwz r29,0(r4)\n l.lwz r27,0(r5)\n l.sw 0(r4),r27\n l.sw 0(r5),r29\n\nThe pointers are not checked with access_ok(). The four memory\naccesses also have no exception table entries.\n\nA caller passes a kernel address as either pointer, and the syscall\nreads from and writes to it directly.\n\nThis gives an unprivileged process a kernel read/write primitive. It\noverwrites kernel data such as the sys_call_table, gaining code\nexecution in kernel context.\n\nCheck both pointers before entering the critical section. Add fixups\nfor the four memory accesses so faults on valid but unmapped user\naddresses return -EFAULT.\n\n[shorne@gmail.com: fix comment style]",
"id": "GHSA-9rpr-c8j9-pwgc",
"modified": "2026-09-14T15:32:26Z",
"published": "2026-09-11T21:31:28Z",
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f2e92e499d863f81df1732af59b4a3559969193"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/574ae2ac2b314aa33498cd2c28add106cbe644f2"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78004e9a87f240df03e2f73120d291763c32e0a7"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a520e8cac54fb403f3800125b606f55fcad42cb9"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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