CVE-2026-74596

fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()

N/A

Published: August 22, 2026 at 03:31 PM UTC

Updated: October 21, 2026 at 01:19 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare() The check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary here. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity enabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this check is trying to prevent.

Affected

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

Linux Kernel · Linux

90%

2efdeec99ca09a9d638e1bcdc1a4afbfe3b4f2ec7.0a4ca8102e70e10f8cfa63d922468d21500f3c090cc99c58f735bc55e6321f1f575ea218da91dcc4ce9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c

Vendor states this is fixed in 2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.9 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)