FKIE_CVE-2026-80697

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-28 08:16 - Updated: 2026-08-28 16:18
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: ensure valid f_path for page cache sharing Previously, backing files for page cache sharing were set up with f_path left as NULL (only f_inode was valid). It worked, but a recent mincore fix relies on f_path.mnt and crashes (found by "erofs/028" on 7.2-rc4): BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018 #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 675528 Comm: fincore Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4-00002-g[]-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy) Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.16.0-4.al8 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:__do_sys_mincore+0xc0/0x2c0 ... Specify valid paths using valid disconnected dentries together with erofs_ishare_mnt instead of leaving f_path empty, so they are more like real backing files in a pseudo filesystem and standard backing_file_open() can be used directly.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3879657c4ffd81b9a42cf575fc6cb60201032587
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/96b2dbbe58a1ea5df8d29c2fe24b5f04715f4443
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  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: ensure valid f_path for page cache sharing\n\nPreviously, backing files for page cache sharing were set up with\nf_path left as NULL (only f_inode was valid).  It worked, but a recent\nmincore fix relies on f_path.mnt and crashes (found by \"erofs/028\" on\n7.2-rc4):\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000018\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\n CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 675528 Comm: fincore Not tainted 7.2.0-rc4-00002-g[]-dirty #1 PREEMPT(lazy)\n Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.16.0-4.al8 04/01/2014\n RIP: 0010:__do_sys_mincore+0xc0/0x2c0\n ...\n\nSpecify valid paths using valid disconnected dentries together with\nerofs_ishare_mnt instead of leaving f_path empty, so they are more\nlike real backing files in a pseudo filesystem and standard\nbacking_file_open() can be used directly."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2026-80697",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-28T16:18:28.657",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-28T08:16:55.187",
  "references": [
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      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
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    }
  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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