CVE-2026-98685

smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range

CVE-2026-98685 is fixed in linux on 1 platform by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98685 (version 7.2.10-1), released October 19, 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
0.0020
9th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: discard post-EOF pagecache when extending a file via clone range cifs_remap_file_range() discarded the pagecache only for the folios overlapping the destination region, so when a clone extends the file the folio straddling the old EOF - which may hold data dirtied past EOF through an mmap - was never dropped and became visible as file content once the file was extended. Start the discard at the smaller of fstart and the old EOF. i_size is still old here, so nothing past the old EOF is flushed to the server.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 14 7.2.10-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98685 Oct 19, 2026

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