# CVE-2026-93258: ocfs2: do not use make\_bad\_inode() in ocfs2\_read\_inode\_block\_full()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 7.2.6
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from 58b6fcd2ab34399258dc509f701d0986a8e0bcaa, fixed in 0e7459abff46e28e64367057038ef8607e63f599; from 58b6fcd2ab34399258dc509f701d0986a8e0bcaa, fixed in d48ace65322001b41bb5322442a21425ef4407d4
- Linux: 6.19
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.19.0, fixed in 7.2.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ocfs2: do not use make_bad_inode() in ocfs2_read_inode_block_full() This reverts commit 58b6fcd2ab34 ("ocfs2: mark inode bad upon validation failure during read"). Since 'make_bad_inode()' resets inode type to S_IFREG, doing this for directory inode during active VFS lookup is likely to confuse the latter, including VFS_BUG_ON_INODE() triggered in this case.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e7459abff46e28e64367057038ef8607e63f599
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d48ace65322001b41bb5322442a21425ef4407d4

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