CVE-2026-90418 (GCVE-0-2026-90418)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-17 16:09 – Updated: 2026-09-17 16:09
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Title
nilfs2: fix BUG in nilfs_copy_dirty_pages() on dirty state mismatch
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nilfs2: fix BUG in nilfs_copy_dirty_pages() on dirty state mismatch Syzbot reported a kernel BUG triggered within nilfs_copy_dirty_pages(), which copies dirty DAT file folios/pages to its shadow page cache. The BUG occurs when a retrieved dirty folio/page unexpectedly loses its 'dirty' status. This issue arises because, since the commit referenced below, the 'dirty' flag of a folio/page can be cleared asynchronously after the filesystem detects metadata corruption and transitions to read-only mode. Resolve the issue by returning an -EROFS error if the filesystem has transitioned to read-only mode. Also change the behavior to issue a kernel warning only once instead of triggering a kernel BUG when this unexpected 'dirty' state is detected while the filesystem is not in read-only mode.
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c , < 5166a21b12f549774f2983fa86d2526ea9e66ace (git)
Affected: 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c , < 4e1f21e7540b25d83f86b50780836ed7d2afcc93 (git)
Affected: 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c , < 3904fb0ee741ebbbc27ec8f50a9bb6cd31e8af05 (git)
Affected: 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c , < f181155baf0c93a74ebe804c6cecbe970e78ee9e (git)
Affected: 8c26c4e2694a163d525976e804d81cd955bbb40c , < 66f4ad3ce158902e5f98afea93189972ed8750c2 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 3.10
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.10 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.157 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.110 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.52 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.6 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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