CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-64156

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

6th percentile - higher than 6% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, a vulnerability in the netfs and afs subsystems causes write skipping in writepages functions for directories and links. The issue occurs when a write is skipped due to lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE mode, potentially leading to data inconsistency.

Risk Assessment

The risk involves possible skipped writes to directories or links, which could result in data loss or inconsistency in the AFS filesystem. While mostly theoretical, under specific conditions it may cause errors.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit 5c5e3c1b8c4e). Monitor official security advisories from your Linux distribution and apply the patch promptly.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages Fix netfs_write_single() and afs_single_writepages() to better handle a write that would be skipped due to lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE by returning 1 from netfs_write_single() if it skipped and making afs_single_writepages() skip also. If a skip occurs, the inode must be re-marked as the VFS may have cleared the mark. This is really only theoretical for directories in netfs_write_single() as the only path to that is through afs_single_writepages() that takes the ->validate_lock around it, thereby serialising it.

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