CVE-2026-72367

iomap: guard io_size EOF trim against concurrent truncate underflow

HIGH
8.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 15, 2026 at 05:56 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH8.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iomap: guard io_size EOF trim against concurrent truncate underflow iomap: fix zero padding data issue in concurrent append writes changed ioend accounting so that io_size tracks only valid data within EOF. This trims io_size when a writeback range extends past end_pos: ioend->io_size += map_len; if (ioend->io_offset + ioend->io_size > end_pos) ioend->io_size = end_pos - ioend->io_offset; However, if end_pos ends up below ioend->io_offset, the subtraction becomes negative and is stored in size_t io_size, causing an unsigned wrap to a huge value. This can happen when writeback continues past byte-level EOF up to a block-aligned range, or when a concurrent truncate shrinks the file after end_pos was sampled in iomap_writeback_handle_eof(). A wrapped io_size can mislead append detection and corrupt completion-time size handling, since filesystem end_io paths consume io_size for decisions such as on-disk EOF updates and unwritten/COW completion ranges. Fix this by clamping io_size to zero when EOF has moved to or before the ioend start offset. This preserves the original intent of trimming io_size to valid in-EOF data while avoiding the underflow.

Affected

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

51d20d1dacbec589d459e11fc88fbca419f84a996.12.106.1382c59a86a247a8970d353d10f52a37e5564fb137
Vendor states this is fixed in 1f38f65bf965fce9aa159d45c5347538f56c5973 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 55ec50d046c03b3724741957f7b007856e36dbe7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7f7780abb4c0fdc9a2603aea8e985ff14ee900e0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.114 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.40 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

8.8HIGHLinux
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