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Not yet scoredPublished Sep 24, 2026

CVE-2026-97490affs: handle set_blocksize failures

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: affs: handle set_blocksize failures affs uses buffer_heads, which don't handle block size > PAGE_SIZE well. Without this, mounting we will hit the BUG_ON(offset >= folio_size(folio)); in folio_set_bh on the first __bread_gfp call.

CVSS
Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Received
Record last updated
Oct 3, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f5d65b2811872e8f8b424860fa7c2500afbbc5a6; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before c7f29c5d999093629712c63792abda89a36b428d; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before d05b0ee9b42cb3cc499272d1bc91609f7492a1a8; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before ea8a4a9f3cc101207611be724a8b83838de9a93f; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before bb45146a661934ef801f8fc62f88cdbcf6584ed1; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before e01af5aa641039e000af855f448475316f0550fc; from 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 0861182af5983a39bd2a891966436c5679b74a45
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