CVE-2026-64159netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.16%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 95% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix zeropoint update where i_size > remote_i_size Fix the update of the zero point[*] by netfs_release_folio() when there is uncommitted data in the pagecache beyond the folio being released but the on-server EOF is in this folio (ie. i_size > remote_i_size). The update needs to limit zero_point to remote_i_size, not i_size as i_size is a local phenomenon reflecting updates made locally to the pagecache, not stuff written to the server. remote_i_size tracks the server's i_size. [*] The zero point is the file position from which we can assume that the server will just return zeros, so we can avoid generating reads. Note that netfs_invalidate_folio() probably doesn't need fixing as zero_point should be updated by setattr after truncation or fallocate. Found with: fsx -q -N 1000000 -p 10000 -o 128000 -l 600000 \ /xfstest.test/junk --replay-ops=junk.fsxops using the following as junk.fsxops: truncate 0x0 0x1bbae 0x82864 write 0x3ef2e 0xf9c8 0x1bbae write 0x67e05 0xcb5a 0x4e8f6 mapread 0x57781 0x85b6 0x7495f copy_range 0x5d3d 0x10329 0x54fac 0x7495f write 0x64710 0x1c2b 0x7495f mapread 0x64000 0x1000 0x7495f on cifs with the default cache option. It shows read-gaps on folio 0x64 failing with a short read (ie. it hits EOF) if the FMODE_READ check is commented out in netfs_perform_write(): if (//(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ) || netfs_is_cache_enabled(ctx)) { and no fscache. This was initially found with the generic/522 xfstest.
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Published
- 3 months later
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Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.16% · top 95% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected cce6bfa6ca0e30af9927b0074c97fe6a92f28092 – < f706e3889ff75877ecb3abae5ad667dbc990331e
- affected cce6bfa6ca0e30af9927b0074c97fe6a92f28092 – < 5afc2d9b86bed2e4d9e1ba467790cbc793223f98
- affected cce6bfa6ca0e30af9927b0074c97fe6a92f28092 – < 5cd5207de519ef0c085f4f559adf5eefcb4c5202
- affected cce6bfa6ca0e30af9927b0074c97fe6a92f28092 – < 4543a4d737944134a1394afe797622546fbcc98a
- affected e2814004138a541110d4b2dc254a8f619c2c4ce0
- affected 6.10.8 – < 6.11
- affected 6.11
- unaffected < 6.11
- unaffected 6.12.114 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.57 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.0.11 – ≤ 7.0.*
- unaffected 7.1 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f706e3889ff75877ecb3abae5ad667dbc990331e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5afc2d9b86bed2e4d9e1ba467790cbc793223f98 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5cd5207de519ef0c085f4f559adf5eefcb4c5202 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4543a4d737944134a1394afe797622546fbcc98a (opens in a new tab)
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-45844 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
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