# CVE-2026-93140: udf: Mark LVID buffer as uptodate before marking it dirty

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.6.28, 2.6.33, 3.1, 3.3, 5.10.270, and 6 more
- Published: 2026-09-17 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in e6461ef34f91ad7dbffdf912b3d661a7dd892931; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in 359cea636f4a74a96c01a8050f155e12840c079a; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in a4c4e38b356ad4c1f90478124922917489137c08; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in 8034ddf4751d9143c5ef7eebe3d4f33218fdd378; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in ee477e5204f764444e60699280abf5936c2a6ae6; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in 11afe1912140f79d5af3091a54b181ef72fce1a5; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in c4058355d27488a3cd31c60c032335f77c4fdcfc; from 853a0c25baf96b028de1654bea1e0c8857eadf3d, fixed in fb0601134c7e51728bd098abc6909315de1e5d86; from 2.6.27.62, fixed in 2.6.28; from 2.6.32.57, fixed in 2.6.33; from 3.0.21, fixed in 3.1; from 3.2.6, fixed in 3.3
- Linux: 3.3
- Kernel (Linux): from 3.3.0, fixed in 5.10.270; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.221; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.188; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.157; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.110; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.52; from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: udf: Mark LVID buffer as uptodate before marking it dirty When an I/O error occurs while writing the Logical Volume Integrity Descriptor (LVID) buffer to the block device, the block layer's completion handler (`end_buffer_write_sync()`) clears the `BH_Uptodate` flag on the buffer. However, the buffer still contains valid LVID data in memory. If the filesystem is subsequently remounted read-write or synced, `udf_open_lvid()` or `udf_sync_fs()` will modify the LVID buffer and call `mark_buffer_dirty()`. This triggers a spurious `WARN_ON_ONCE(!buffer_uptodate(bh))` warning in `mark_buffer_dirty()` because the buffer is not marked uptodate, even though its in-memory contents are valid and are about to be overwritten. To prevent this spurious warning, unconditionally set the `BH_Uptodate` flag before calling `mark_buffer_dirty()` in `udf_open_lvid()` and `udf_sync_fs()`. This acknowledges that the in-memory buffer is valid and matches the workaround previously applied to `udf_close_lvid()` in commit 853a0c25baf9 ("udf: Mark LVID buffer as uptodate before marking it dirty"). Extending this workaround ensures consistent behavior across all LVID updates. Buffer I/O error on dev loop0, logical block 128, lost sync page write ------------[ cut here ]------------ !buffer_uptodate(bh) WARNING: fs/buffer.c:1087 at mark_buffer_dirty+0x299/0x410 fs/buffer.c:1087 ... Call Trace: <TASK> udf_open_lvid+0x369/0x5b0 fs/udf/super.c:2078 udf_reconfigure+0x336/0x540 fs/udf/super.c:679 reconfigure_super+0x232/0x8f0 fs/super.c:1080 vfs_cmd_reconfigure fs/fsopen.c:268 [inline] vfs_fsconfig_locked+0x171/0x320 fs/fsopen.c:297 __do_sys_fsconfig fs/fsopen.c:463 [inline] __se_sys_fsconfig+0x6b9/0x810 fs/fsopen.c:350 do_syscall_64+0x174/0x580 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 </TASK>

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (2.6.28, 2.6.33, 3.1, 3.3, 5.10.270) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6461ef34f91ad7dbffdf912b3d661a7dd892931
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/359cea636f4a74a96c01a8050f155e12840c079a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4c4e38b356ad4c1f90478124922917489137c08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8034ddf4751d9143c5ef7eebe3d4f33218fdd378
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee477e5204f764444e60699280abf5936c2a6ae6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11afe1912140f79d5af3091a54b181ef72fce1a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4058355d27488a3cd31c60c032335f77c4fdcfc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb0601134c7e51728bd098abc6909315de1e5d86

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