CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-90418
- Status
- Received
- Published
- 2026-09-17
- Last modified
- 2026-10-19
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Description
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.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3904fb0ee741ebbbc27ec8f50a9bb6cd31e8af05 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e1f21e7540b25d83f86b50780836ed7d2afcc93 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5166a21b12f549774f2983fa86d2526ea9e66ace git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66f4ad3ce158902e5f98afea93189972ed8750c2 git.kernel.org
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f181155baf0c93a74ebe804c6cecbe970e78ee9e git.kernel.org