CVE-2026-74596 PUBLISHED

fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()

The check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary here. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity enabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this check is trying to prevent.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c to 2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525 (excl.)
  • affected from e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c to d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 7.0 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 7.0 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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