CVE-2026-97490

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.

EPSS

0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 6% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

Published

2026-09-24

Modified

2026-10-03

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0861182af5983a39bd2a891966436c5679b74a45
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb45146a661934ef801f8fc62f88cdbcf6584ed1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7f29c5d999093629712c63792abda89a36b428d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d05b0ee9b42cb3cc499272d1bc91609f7492a1a8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e01af5aa641039e000af855f448475316f0550fc

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