Answer in brief
CVE-2026-72367 records a High severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in iomap: guard io_size EOF trim against concurrent truncate underflow. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=51d20d1dacbec589d459e11fc88fbca419f84a99 <1f38f65bf965fce9aa159d45c5347538f56c5973 || >=51d20d1dacbec589d459e11fc88fbca419f84a99 <7f7780abb4c0fdc9a2603aea8e985ff14ee900e0 || >=51d20d1dacbec589d459e11fc88fbca419f84a99 <55ec50d046c03b3724741957f7b007856e36dbe7 || 82c59a86a247a8970d353d10f52a37e5564fb137 || >=6.12.10 <6.13 | 1f38f65bf965fce9aa159d45c5347538f56c5973, 7f7780abb4c0fdc9a2603aea8e985ff14ee900e0, 55ec50d046c03b3724741957f7b007856e36dbe7, 6.13 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.13 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iomap: guard io_size EOF trim against concurrent truncate underflow iomap: fix zero padding data issue in concurrent append writes changed ioend accounting so that io_size tracks only valid data within EOF. This trims io_size when a writeback range extends past end_pos: ioend->io_size += map_len; if (ioend->io_offset + ioend->io_size > end_pos) ioend->io_size = end_pos - ioend->io_offset; However, if end_pos ends up below ioend->io_offset, the subtraction becomes negative and is stored in size_t io_size, causing an unsigned wrap to a huge value. This can happen when writeback continues past byte-level EOF up to a block-aligned range, or when a concurrent truncate shrinks the file after end_pos was sampled in iomap_writeback_handle_eof(). A wrapped io_size can mislead append detection and corrupt completion-time size handling, since filesystem end_io paths consume io_size for decisions such as on-disk EOF updates and unwritten/COW completion ranges. Fix this by clamping io_size to zero when EOF has moved to or before the ioend start offset. This preserves the original intent of trimming io_size to valid in-EOF data while avoiding the underflow.
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