CVE-2026-89495
nicheHeap out-of-bounds write in Linux kernel OCFS2 DLM migration handler
The Linux kernel's OCFS2 distributed lock manager (o2dlm) mishandles peer-controlled length fields in DLM receive handlers: dlm_migrate_request_handler() passes an unvalidated, peer-supplied name length to dlm_init_mle(), which memcpy()s up to roughly 215 attacker-controlled bytes into the fixed 32-byte mname[] array of an o2dlm_mle slab object, a heap out-of-bounds write. It is triggered remotely by a malformed DLM_MIGRATE_REQUEST message, but only from a node that has already joined the DLM domain (o2net authenticates peers solely via the domain key), so a compromised or malicious cluster member can corrupt memory in or panic any other node. An attacker gains kernel memory corruption on peer nodes with potential for denial of service and possibly code execution; a companion fix in the same series also bounds lockname_len and num_locks in the migration/recovery handlers, which similarly cause heap overwrites and an out-of-bounds-read panic. Affected systems are Linux machines running the OCFS2 cluster filesystem whose kernels lack these bounds checks, which have been missing since the DLM handlers were introduced. No public proof of concept is known and there is no evidence of exploitation in the wild.
What to do: Update to kernel builds containing the two o2dlm fixes that reject oversized names and validate lockname_len, num_locks, and message payload size. Until patched, restrict o2net cluster traffic (default TCP port 7777) to trusted cluster nodes only, protect and rotate the DLM domain key so untrusted hosts cannot join the domain, and blacklist the ocfs2 module on any host that does not use the filesystem. Monitor cluster nodes for oopses, slab corruption, or BUG_ON panics originating in dlm migration/recovery handlers.
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: bound namelen in dlm_migrate_request_handler Patch series "ocfs2/dlm: bound peer-controlled lengths in the o2dlm". The o2dlm receive handlers trust u8 length and count fields from the wire without bounding them, so a node in a DLM domain can corrupt or panic any other node with a malformed message. Three defects: - dlm_migrate_request_handler() passes migrate->namelen unchecked to dlm_init_mle(), which memcpy()s it into the 32-byte mname[] of an o2dlm_mle slab object: a heap out-of-bounds write of up to ~215 attacker-controlled bytes. - dlm_mig_lockres_handler() passes mres->lockname_len unchecked to dlm_init_lockres(), which memcpy()s it into the 32-byte o2dlm_lockname slab object: a heap out-of-bounds write of up to ~223 bytes. - the same handler trusts mres->num_locks without checking that the message is large enough to hold that many entries, so dlm_process_recovery_data() walks mres->ml[] past the kmalloc(data_len) copy and trips a BUG_ON (an out-of-bounds read ending in a panic). The other o2dlm receive handlers already reject an oversized name; the migration and recovery handlers have omitted it since the DLM was added (see the Fixes tags). Patch 1 bounds namelen; patch 2 validates lockname_len, num_locks, and the payload size. Conforming recovery and migration traffic is unaffected. o2net authenticates peers only by the DLM domain key, so any node that has joined the domain -- including a compromised or malicious member -- can send these messages. There is no local trigger; the attacker must already be a member of the cluster. Each sink was confirmed under KASAN with an out-of-tree module mirroring it exactly -- a kmem_cache/kmalloc of the real destination size, then the same unclamped memcpy/loop: slab-out-of-bounds Write for the two writes, Read for the recovery walk, and a panic. A userspace AddressSanitizer build faults identically under -m32 and -m64. Scrubbed logs are available on request. I reported this privately to [email protected] and the ocfs2 maintainers on 2026-06-20; with no response after the standard embargo period I am posting the fix publicly. I have no embargo requirement. This patch (of 2): A node receiving a DLM_MIGRATE_REQUEST message trusts the peer-supplied name length (migrate->namelen) without bounding it. dlm_init_mle() then copies that many bytes into the fixed DLM_LOCKID_NAME_MAX-byte mname[] array of an o2dlm_mle slab object, so a malformed message from a cluster peer overflows the slab object by up to ~215 bytes: a heap out-of-bounds write of attacker-controlled data, reachable by any node in the domain. Reject an oversized name, the way dlm_master_request_handler() and the other o2dlm receive handlers already do; the migration handler omits the check entirely. Conforming messages are unaffected.
- Vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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