CVE-2026-97490

affs: handle set_blocksize failures

CVE-2026-97490 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97490, released September 24, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
4.4
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0017
6th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.190-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97490 Sep 24, 2026
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.111-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97490 Sep 24, 2026
linux · Debian 14 7.2.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97490 Sep 24, 2026
linux-6.12 · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-97490 Sep 24, 2026

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