Skipped AFS writes via cleared inode marking
Published Jul 19, 2026 · Updated Jul 19, 2026
Writeback state handling in affected Linux Kernel versions beginning with 6.14 leaves skipped AFS directory or link writes without a retry marker. When lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE make netfs_write_single() or afs_single_writepages() skip a write, the VFS may clear the inode mark and the old code neither reports the skip nor re-marks the inode. The directory path is described as theoretical because afs_single_writepages() holds validate_lock, serializing access; no attacker-controlled trigger or concrete security consequence is published.
Summary
What happened
Writeback state handling in affected Linux Kernel versions beginning with 6.14 leaves skipped AFS directory or link writes without a retry marker. When lock contention and WB_SYNC_NONE make netfs_write_single() or afs_single_writepages() skip a write, the VFS may clear the inode mark and the old code neither reports the skip nor re-marks the inode. The directory path is described as theoretical because afs_single_writepages() holds validate_lock, serializing access; no attacker-controlled trigger or concrete security consequence is published.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-64156
- Published
- Jul 19, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 19, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux Kernel
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jul 19, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 19, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=6.14
- Affected versionversion=6dd80936618c4ff852d4db73aca400351d9bd9f0 <77bb293049d61e04c12b24ebbffafaf5ab36af90
- Affected versionversion=6dd80936618c4ff852d4db73aca400351d9bd9f0 <9871938f99cc6cb266a77265491660e2375271f5
- Affected versionversion=6dd80936618c4ff852d4db73aca400351d9bd9f0 <f91e10435c0dd37c48b1b25e6236284f656ddc0c
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