# CVE-2026-97490: affs: handle set\_blocksize failures

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, and 1 more
- Published: 2026-09-24 · Updated: 2026-10-03

## Affected

- Linux: from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in f5d65b2811872e8f8b424860fa7c2500afbbc5a6; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in c7f29c5d999093629712c63792abda89a36b428d; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in d05b0ee9b42cb3cc499272d1bc91609f7492a1a8; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in ea8a4a9f3cc101207611be724a8b83838de9a93f; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in bb45146a661934ef801f8fc62f88cdbcf6584ed1; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in e01af5aa641039e000af855f448475316f0550fc; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, fixed in 0861182af5983a39bd2a891966436c5679b74a45
- Linux: 2.6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 2.6.12, fixed in 5.10.271; from 5.11.0, fixed in 5.15.222; from 5.16.0, fixed in 6.1.189; from 6.2.0, fixed in 6.6.158; from 6.7.0, fixed in 6.12.111; from 6.13.0, fixed in 6.18.53

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: affs: handle set_blocksize failures affs uses buffer_heads, which don't handle block size > PAGE_SIZE well. Without this, mounting we will hit the BUG_ON(offset >= folio_size(folio)); in folio_set_bh on the first __bread_gfp call.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.10.271, 5.15.222, 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5d65b2811872e8f8b424860fa7c2500afbbc5a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f29c5d999093629712c63792abda89a36b428d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d05b0ee9b42cb3cc499272d1bc91609f7492a1a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea8a4a9f3cc101207611be724a8b83838de9a93f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb45146a661934ef801f8fc62f88cdbcf6584ed1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e01af5aa641039e000af855f448475316f0550fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0861182af5983a39bd2a891966436c5679b74a45

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