CVE-2026-92487

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: exfat: fix valid_size extension over a shared writable mapping When a shared writable mapping has its valid_size extended by a buffered write or a page fault, exfat zeroes the page-cache gap below the new valid_size. A store through the mapping can race with this zeroing and be overwritten. Fix this by zeroing the gap lazily. Drop ->map_pages so that every first write fault goes through exfat_page_mkwrite(), which advances valid_size to cover the faulting page. With fault-around enabled, a store could install a writable PTE, skip ->page_mkwrite(), and land past valid_size without advancing it. Extending valid_size one faulting page at a time also leaves never-written pages in a large mapping alone. The gap is filled with block granularity, zeroing only the not-uptodate blocks and preserving blocks that may hold data stored through the mapping. On the buffered-write path the invalidate lock is held and the gap is unmapped before zeroing, so a racing store re-faults and, under the inode lock, completes only after the gap has been zeroed and valid_size covers it.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-17 17:17:50.800000

Last modified

2026-10-19 09:19:38.993000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-92487",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-17T17:17:50.800",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T09:19:38.993",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nexfat: fix valid_size extension over a shared writable mapping\n\nWhen a shared writable mapping has its valid_size extended by a buffered\nwrite or a page fault, exfat zeroes the page-cache gap below the new\nvalid_size. A store through the mapping can race with this zeroing and be\noverwritten.\n\nFix this by zeroing the gap lazily. Drop ->map_pages so that every first\nwrite fault goes through exfat_page_mkwrite(), which advances valid_size to\ncover the faulting page. With fault-around enabled, a store could install a\nwritable PTE, skip ->page_mkwrite(), and land past valid_size without\nadvancing it. Extending valid_size one faulting page at a time also leaves\nnever-written pages in a large mapping alone.\n\nThe gap is filled with block granularity, zeroing only the not-uptodate\nblocks and preserving blocks that may hold data stored through the mapping.\nOn the buffered-write path the invalidate lock is held and the gap is\nunmapped before zeroing, so a racing store re-faults and, under the inode\nlock, completes only after the gap has been zeroed and valid_size covers\nit."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/exfat/exfat_fs.h",
            "fs/exfat/file.c",
            "fs/exfat/iomap.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "82a81a7352bcf5f2756ac33d47ee0582737e9a85",
              "lessThan": "24f20986b253c3e4eb13ebe3c2007d1d352408a6",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
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              "lessThan": "1135704ed22f54873eb0498a232611d9eca30dd4",
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              "status": "affected"
            }
          ]
        },
        {
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            "fs/exfat/file.c",
            "fs/exfat/iomap.c"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "7.2",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "7.2",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.2.6",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
              "status": "unaffected"
            },
            {
              "version": "7.3",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
              "status": "unaffected"
            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1135704ed22f54873eb0498a232611d9eca30dd4",
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}