Bug 2532343 (CVE-2026-89498)

Summary:	CVE-2026-89498 kernel: orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in OrangeFS within the Linux kernel. A local client, by sending a specially crafted readdir downcall with a declared trailer_size exceeding the actual supplied bytes, can trigger a double-free vulnerability. This memory corruption issue can lead to a system crash, resulting in a denial of service.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 22:28:30 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

orangefs: fix double-free of trailer_buf on readdir copy failure

On a readdir downcall, orangefs_devreq_write_iter() frees
op->downcall.trailer_buf with vfree() when copy_from_iter_full() fails,
but does not clear the pointer before goto Efault. The waiter in
do_readdir() is then woken with a negative status and frees the same
pointer again on its r < 0 path, causing a deterministic double-free.
A client holding /dev/pvfs2-req triggers it by sending a readdir
downcall whose declared trailer_size exceeds the bytes it supplies.

Clear the pointer after freeing so the readdir-side vfree() becomes a
no-op.