{"cve":"CVE-2026-74596","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-22T16:16:31.923","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:47.673","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()\n\nThe check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary\nhere. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity\nenabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this\ncheck is trying to prevent.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f3b0898557a93122a7f941e6a89adef2bb29ce4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4c0c41b952c21baed3f822eab508ebbd1d355d9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd4ed50c134fd9f2334b8b29d117f3af5fe250e9"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-74596","score":0.00209,"percentile":0.10951,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}