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CVE-2026-89601: Linux 2.6.12
CVE-2026-89601. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00508 (percentile 0.41928), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 5481766125041e71662f2e32ee0e91ad5f4d07f4, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 5efb3350230fef831167740e69e6db2861101186, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 356984d1a5c32e94810cbb6c8dc7d8ff2d4d919a
Linux
Linux · 2.6.12
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/ext2/inode.c, fs/ext2/xattr.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Network (remote) · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 35.3 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00508 · percentile 0.41928 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 12:39:55.759815+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 11:57:11.427822+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2026-89601.html