# CVE-2026-98685: smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.2, 6.7, 7.2.10
- Published: 2026-10-18 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from c54fc3a4f375663f2361a9cbb2955fb4ef912879, fixed in 15bb9f1d3e967e328649e92a1451e60a0dc66118; from c54fc3a4f375663f2361a9cbb2955fb4ef912879, fixed in 4721587f96cb8de8164f3fd203093a0875560999; from 6.1.68, fixed in 6.2; from 6.6.7, fixed in 6.7
- Linux: 6.7
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.7.0, fixed in 7.2.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range cifs_remap_file_range() discarded the pagecache only for the folios overlapping the destination region, so when a clone extends the file the folio straddling the old EOF - which may hold data dirtied past EOF through an mmap - was never dropped and became visible as file content once the file was extended. Start the discard at the smaller of fstart and the old EOF. i_size is still old here, so nothing past the old EOF is flushed to the server.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15bb9f1d3e967e328649e92a1451e60a0dc66118
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4721587f96cb8de8164f3fd203093a0875560999

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