CVE-2026-64156

netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 03:40 PM UTC
Updated: August 13, 2026 at 03:27 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs, afs: Fix write skipping in dir/link writepages Fix netfs_write_single() and afs_single_writepages() to better handle a write that would be skipped due to lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE by returning 1 from netfs_write_single() if it skipped and making afs_single_writepages() skip also. If a skip occurs, the inode must be re-marked as the VFS may have cleared the mark. This is really only theoretical for directories in netfs_write_single() as the only path to that is through afs_single_writepages() that takes the ->validate_lock around it, thereby serialising it.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.14 ≤ v < 6.18.346.14 ≤ v < 7.0.116.14 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.116dd80936618c4ff852d4db73aca400351d9bd9f07.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc37.1 rc4
Vendor states this is fixed in 77bb293049d61e04c12b24ebbffafaf5ab36af90 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9871938f99cc6cb266a77265491660e2375271f5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f91e10435c0dd37c48b1b25e6236284f656ddc0c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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