CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-46100
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-27
- Last modified
- 2026-06-25
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fs: afs: revert mmap_prepare() change
Partially reverts commit 9d5403b1036c ("fs: convert most other
generic_file_*mmap() users to .mmap_prepare()").
This is because the .mmap invocation establishes a refcount, but
.mmap_prepare is called at a point where a merge or an allocation failure
might happen after the call, which would leak the refcount increment.
Functionality is being added to permit the use of .mmap_prepare in this
case, but in the interim, we need to fix this.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.17 < 6.18.27)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.4)