{"cve":"CVE-2026-98124","nvd":{"published":"2026-09-25T11:17:43.720","modified":"2026-10-22T16:38:53.723","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmb/client: invalidate fscache for fallocate range operations\n\nsmb3_zero_range(), smb3_punch_hole(), smb3_insert_range(), and\nsmb3_collapse_range() modify file contents through server-side range\noperations. These operations discard the affected page cache, but leave\nthe FS-Cache cookie valid, so a later read may return data cached before\nthe range operation.\n\nFix this by invalidating FS-Cache after outstanding I/O has completed\nand before modifying the file on the server.\n\nRun the following as root on a CIFS mount with fsc enabled and an active\nCacheFiles backend:\n\n        bash -c '\n                MNT=/mnt/cifs\n                FILE=\"$MNT/repro\"\n\n                # Generate four 1 MiB random blocks: [A][B][C][D].\n                dd if=/dev/urandom of=/tmp/src bs=1M count=4 status=none\n\n                # Expected contents after zeroing B: [A][zero][C][D].\n                cp /tmp/src /tmp/expected\n                dd if=/dev/zero of=/tmp/expected bs=1M seek=1 count=1 \\\n                        conv=notrunc status=none\n                cp /tmp/src \"$FILE\"\n\n                # Populate FS-Cache, then discard the page cache.\n                sync\n                echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches\n                cat \"$FILE\" > /dev/null\n                sync\n                echo 1 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches\n\n                fallocate --zero-range -o 1M -l 1M \"$FILE\"\n\n                if cmp -s /tmp/expected \"$FILE\"; then\n                        echo \"readback: OK\"\n                else\n                        echo \"readback: STALE DATA\"\n                fi\n        '\n\nBefore this change, the readback differs from /tmp/expected:\n\n        readback: STALE DATA\n\nAfter this change, it matches:\n\n        readback: OK","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-672"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/448ba0ae65ca61064183564d2983c9aa59bd6ba7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93c6e5a8d7c5071d586c1411596d5db5faad22b2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc7202a51b8777a757bda9dcfbf339f828c6a130","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8b1e808f5c19479e6ed47e2f88a1fd46f8b0e5"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-23T16:39:26.291718493+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-98124","score":0.00186,"percentile":0.08101,"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."]}