CVE-2026-99241

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntfs: take invalidate_lock in ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite() ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite() calls iomap_page_mkwrite() without holding mapping->invalidate_lock, so a concurrent truncate or fallocate can be in the middle of invalidating pagecache and rewriting the runlist while the write fault maps blocks and dirties the folio. This races with ntfs_attr_fallocate(), which merges clusters into the in-memory runlist, drops the runlist lock, and only afterwards zeroes the newly allocated clusters on disk; and with the punch-hole/insert/collapse paths that free clusters after truncating the cache. Per Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst, ->page_mkwrite() must ensure there are no truncate/invalidate races, "usually mapping->invalidate_lock is suitable for proper serialization". xfs takes its mmaplock (= the invalidate_lock rwsem) shared in exactly this path. Take invalidate_lock shared around iomap_page_mkwrite(). The read-only fault path is already covered because filemap_fault() itself grabs invalidate_lock shared on instantiation/read paths; only page_mkwrite was bypassing it in this driver.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

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

Published

2026-11-02 16:17:49.907000

Last modified

2026-11-02 16:17:49.907000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-99241",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-11-02T16:17:49.907",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-02T16:17:49.907",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntfs: take invalidate_lock in ntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite()\n\nntfs_filemap_page_mkwrite() calls iomap_page_mkwrite() without holding\nmapping->invalidate_lock, so a concurrent truncate or fallocate can be\nin the middle of invalidating pagecache and rewriting the runlist while\nthe write fault maps blocks and dirties the folio.  This races with\nntfs_attr_fallocate(), which merges clusters into the in-memory\nrunlist, drops the runlist lock, and only afterwards zeroes the newly\nallocated clusters on disk; and with the punch-hole/insert/collapse\npaths that free clusters after truncating the cache.\n\nPer Documentation/filesystems/locking.rst, ->page_mkwrite() must ensure\nthere are no truncate/invalidate races, \"usually mapping->invalidate_lock\nis suitable for proper serialization\".  xfs takes its mmaplock (= the\ninvalidate_lock rwsem) shared in exactly this path.\n\nTake invalidate_lock shared around iomap_page_mkwrite().  The read-only\nfault path is already covered because filemap_fault() itself grabs\ninvalidate_lock shared on instantiation/read paths; only page_mkwrite\nwas bypassing it in this driver."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
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      "affectedData": [
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          "programFiles": [
            "fs/ntfs/file.c"
          ],
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              "versionType": "git",
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}