{"cve":"CVE-2026-23224","nvd":{"published":"2026-02-18T16:22:32.143","modified":"2026-06-17T10:21:08.060","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nerofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option\n\n[    9.269940][ T3222] Call trace:\n[    9.269948][ T3222]  ext4_file_read_iter+0xac/0x108\n[    9.269979][ T3222]  vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x198\n[    9.269993][ T3222]  erofs_fileio_rq_submit+0x12c/0x180\n[    9.270008][ T3222]  erofs_fileio_submit_bio+0x14/0x24\n[    9.270030][ T3222]  z_erofs_runqueue+0x834/0x8ac\n[    9.270054][ T3222]  z_erofs_read_folio+0x120/0x220\n[    9.270083][ T3222]  filemap_read_folio+0x60/0x120\n[    9.270102][ T3222]  filemap_fault+0xcac/0x1060\n[    9.270119][ T3222]  do_pte_missing+0x2d8/0x1554\n[    9.270131][ T3222]  handle_mm_fault+0x5ec/0x70c\n[    9.270142][ T3222]  do_page_fault+0x178/0x88c\n[    9.270167][ T3222]  do_translation_fault+0x38/0x54\n[    9.270183][ T3222]  do_mem_abort+0x54/0xac\n[    9.270208][ T3222]  el0_da+0x44/0x7c\n[    9.270227][ T3222]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x5c/0xf4\n[    9.270253][ T3222]  el0t_64_sync+0x1bc/0x1c0\n\nEROFS may encounter above panic when enabling file-backed mount w/\ndirectio mount option, the root cause is it may suffer UAF in below\nrace condition:\n\n- z_erofs_read_folio                          wq s_dio_done_wq\n - z_erofs_runqueue\n  - erofs_fileio_submit_bio\n   - erofs_fileio_rq_submit\n    - vfs_iocb_iter_read\n     - ext4_file_read_iter\n      - ext4_dio_read_iter\n       - iomap_dio_rw\n       : bio was submitted and return -EIOCBQUEUED\n                                              - dio_aio_complete_work\n                                               - dio_complete\n                                                - dio->iocb->ki_complete (erofs_fileio_ki_complete())\n                                                 - kfree(rq)\n                                                 : it frees iocb, iocb.ki_filp can be UAF in file_accessed().\n       - file_accessed\n       : access NULL file point\n\nIntroduce a reference count in struct erofs_fileio_rq, and initialize it\nas two, both erofs_fileio_ki_complete() and erofs_fileio_rq_submit() will\ndecrease reference count, the last one decreasing the reference count\nto zero will free rq.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1caf50ce4af096d0280d59a31abdd85703cd995c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae385826840a3c8e09bf38cac90adcd690716f57","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2ee5e4d5446babd23ff7beb4e636be0fb3ea5aa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d741534302f71c511eb0bb670b92eaa7df4a0aec"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:23:35.260773158+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-23224","score":0.00144,"percentile":0.03702,"date":"2026-11-01"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}