CVE-2026-97490 in Linuxinfo

Summary

by MITRE • 09/24/2026

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.

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Responsible

Linux

Reservation

09/24/2026

Disclosure

09/24/2026

Moderation

accepted

CPE

ready

EPSS

0.00000

KEV

no

Activities

very low

Sources

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