In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range
cifs_remap_file_range() discarded the pagecache only for the folios
overlapping the destination region, so when a clone extends the file the
folio straddling the old EOF - which may hold data dirtied past EOF
through an mmap - was never dropped and became visible as file content
once the file was extended.
Start the discard at the smaller of fstart and the old EOF. i_size is
still old here, so nothing past the old EOF is flushed to the server.
smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range
cifs_remap_file_range() discarded the pagecache only for the folios
overlapping the destination region, so when a clone extends the file the
folio straddling the old EOF - which may hold data dirtied past EOF
through an mmap - was never dropped and became visible as file content
once the file was extended.
Start the discard at the smaller of fstart and the old EOF. i_size is
still old here, so nothing past the old EOF is flushed to the server.
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Sun, 18 Oct 2026 16:00:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range cifs_remap_file_range() discarded the pagecache only for the folios overlapping the destination region, so when a clone extends the file the folio straddling the old EOF - which may hold data dirtied past EOF through an mmap - was never dropped and became visible as file content once the file was extended. Start the discard at the smaller of fstart and the old EOF. i_size is still old here, so nothing past the old EOF is flushed to the server. | |
| Title | smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
| Vendors & Products |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-18T15:45:53.821Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.364Z
Link: CVE-2026-98685
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NVD
Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-18T16:17:21.890
Modified: 2026-10-18T16:17:21.890
Link: CVE-2026-98685
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