CVE-2026-23109

fs/writeback: skip AS_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY mappings in wait_sb_inodes()

published February 4, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fs/writeback: skip AS_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY mappings in wait_sb_inodes()

Above the while() loop in wait_sb_inodes(), we document that we must wait

for all pages under writeback for data integrity. Consequently, if a

mapping, like fuse, traditionally does not have data integrity semantics,

there is no need to wait at all; we can simply skip these inodes.

This restores fuse back to prior behavior where syncs are no-ops. This

fixes a user regression where if a system is running a faulty fuse server

that does not reply to issued write requests, this causes wait_sb_inodes()

to wait forever.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00130 · 2.4th percentile
Published
2026-02-04T16:08Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 FEB 16:08Z
    fs/writeback: skip AS_NO_DATA_INTEGRITY mappings in wait_sb_inodes()
    cvelistv5