CVE-2026-89954
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mtd: afs: validate v2 image info bounds
The AFS v2 parser uses footer[8] to locate the image information block inside the current erase block, then uses the image information region_count to walk entries from a fixed local array. The footer offset and region count come from flash contents and are not checked against the erase block or the local image-info array before use.
Reject v2 entries whose image information offset would underflow the erase block calculation, and reject region counts that cannot fit in the local image-info array before walking region entries.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H
- Puntuación base: 8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.19%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 8
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1005Data from Local Systemcollection75 % - Impacto secundario
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %
Vulnerabilidad local en kernel Linux sin requerir privilegios (PR:N) que permite lectura de memoria (C:H) y denegación de servicio (A:H) mediante validación insuficiente de límites en análisis de imágenes AFS v2.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18916f475057cbd2fb8ea6ae86e6b85884ad1d53
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bec05a68414cf8d0cab6cb42445b8603f32ffc4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1edea8900ca3e405c1421d8b5c29f97107874f72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ad8ff12fd44b08af9212ac4883a7e29d2ab7348
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/875daa3c750814ff2e2dc050239c390048f0bcd0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14e6298139f58a87a87d7022e26a7f37f0ddce7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da740539e8f370767317e24615349b9342a6e773
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9290031f736e99ad17c25c00311c92c266843b7
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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