# CVE-2024-26632: block: Fix iterating over an empty bio with bio\_for\_each\_folio\_all

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-03-18 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: block: Fix iterating over an empty bio with bio_for_each_folio_all If the bio contains no data, bio_first_folio() calls page_folio() on a NULL pointer and oopses. Move the test that we've reached the end of the bio from bio_next_folio() to bio_first_folio(). [axboe: add unlikely() to error case]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6350b5cb78e9024c49eaee6fdb914ad2903a5fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6bd8182137a12d22d3f2cee463271bdcb491659
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca3ede3f5893e2d26d4dbdef1eec28a8487fafde
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bed6f3d08b7af27b7015da8dc3acf2b9c1f21d7

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