Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-90131

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if (description)
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  script_cve_id("CVE-2026-90131");

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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - ntfs: serialize resident iomap reads with mrec_lock ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident() walks the MFT record
    through ntfs_attr_lookup() -> ntfs_attr_find() without taking ni->mrec_lock, while
    ntfs_attr_record_resize(), ntfs_make_room_for_attr() and ntfs_resident_attr_record_add() memmove() the
    same base_ni->mrec buffer under that lock. map_mft_record() only takes a reference and does not serialize,
    so the reader can observe torn attribute length and offset fields while a writer is relocating the
    records. KCSAN reports the race between the mmap read fault path and both link() and unlink(): BUG: KCSAN:
    data-race in ntfs_attr_find / ntfs_attr_record_resize write to 0xffff888100af1018 of 4 bytes by task 96 on
    cpu 1: ntfs_attr_record_resize+0xd2/0x130 ntfs_attr_record_rm+0xad/0x530 ntfs_delete+0x224/0x640
    ntfs_unlink+0x14d/0x280 vfs_unlink+0x157/0x520 read to 0xffff888100af1018 of 4 bytes by task 95 on cpu 0:
    ntfs_attr_find+0x104/0x5b0 ntfs_attr_lookup+0x39c/0x10c0 ntfs_read_iomap_begin_resident+0xc6/0x230
    ntfs_read_iomap_begin+0x5d/0xa0 iomap_iter+0x2e2/0x6e0 iomap_read_folio+0x147/0x2a0
    ntfs_read_folio+0x108/0x170 filemap_read_folio+0x35/0x100 filemap_fault+0x993/0x1000 value changed:
    0x00000250 -> 0x000001f0 The address is mrec + 0x18, i.e. mft_record.bytes_in_use, and the change is the
    96 bytes of one $FILE_NAME attribute being removed. Keep base_ni->mrec_lock from the resident read iomap
    lookup through iomap_end(). This protects both the attribute walk and the subsequent copy from
    iomap->inline_data, which points into the MFT record. The non-resident path is left alone: ntfs_lookup()
    already holds the directory inode's mrec_lock when it reads an index folio through read_mapping_folio(),
    and taking the lock in the shared wrapper deadlocks there with recursive locking on mrec_lock. The comment
    above the read_mapping_folio() call in fs/ntfs/dir.c notes the same hazard. The seek path uses the same
    lookup helper but does not dereference iomap->inline_data. Release the lock before returning from that
    path, whereas the regular read path records base_ni in iomap->private and releases the lock from its
    iomap_end() callback. Tested with a reproducer that faults in a 16-byte resident file while another thread
    runs link()/unlink() on it. Before: 40 KCSAN reports in about one second. After: no reports in 180 seconds
    over 206,090 read iterations and 423,540 link/unlink cycles. A PROVE_LOCKING build shows no lockdep splat
    with the same reproducer running for 60 seconds. (CVE-2026-90131)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"There is no known solution at this time.");
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  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
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  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:U/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2026/09/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/09/18");

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  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info2.nasl", "set_linux_os_id.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/cpu", "Host/local_checks_enabled", "global_settings/vendor_unpatched", "Host/OS/identifier");
  script_require_ports("Host/OS/Debian Linux-14");

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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Debian Linux-14": {
    "package_manager": "dpkg-l",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "14",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "bpftool"},
          {"reference": "hyperv-daemons"},
          {"reference": "intel-sdsi"},
          {"reference": "libcpupower-dev"},
          {"reference": "libcpupower1"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-alpha-generic"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-alpha-smp"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-arm64-16k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-armmp"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-armmp-lpae"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-cloud-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-cloud-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-loong64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-m68k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-parisc"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-parisc64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-powerpc"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-powerpc-smp"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-powerpc64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-powerpc64-64k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-powerpc64le"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-powerpc64le-64k"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-riscv64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-rt-amd64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-rt-arm64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-s390x"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-sh7751r"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-sparc64"},
          {"reference": "linux-base-7.1.13+deb14-sparc64-smp"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');

var third_party_support = get_kb_item('Host/OS/extended-third-party');
if (!empty_or_null(third_party_support)) {
    var third_party_vendors = distro_constraints_values['third_party'];
    if (!empty_or_null(third_party_vendors)) {
        var vendor;
        foreach vendor (third_party_vendors) {
            if (vendor == third_party_support) exit(0, 'A third party management patch is available for this vulnerability from ' + vendor + '.\n');
        }
    }
}

var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}