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CVE-2026-74596

fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 7.1.9
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare() The check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary here. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity enabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this check is trying to prevent.

Timeline

  1. CVE published
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Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From a4ca8102e70e10f8cfa63d922468d21500f3c090 · fixed in 3f3b0898557a93122a7f941e6a89adef2bb29ce4; From cc99c58f735bc55e6321f1f575ea218da91dcc4c · fixed in fd4ed50c134fd9f2334b8b29d117f3af5fe250e9; From 2efdeec99ca09a9d638e1bcdc1a4afbfe3b4f2ec · fixed in b4c0c41b952c21baed3f822eab508ebbd1d355d9; From e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c · fixed in 2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525; From e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c · fixed in d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286

  • Linux Linux

    7.0

  • KernelLinux

    From 7.0.0 · fixed in 7.1.9

References 5

git.kernel.org