netfs: zero gaps in read-gaps folio to avoid writing back stale data
CVE-2026-98843 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98843, released October 19, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: zero gaps in read-gaps folio to avoid writing back stale data netfs_read_gaps() leaves gaps around a streaming write's dirty region unread on the server side, so a short/EOF response there left stale folio content that later got written back. Zero it after the read completes, not before: netfs_wait_for_read() returns rreq->transferred once ret >= 0, so build an iterator over the same bvec array the read used, advance past ret, and zero the rest. The dirty region already maps to sink pages in that array rather than the real folio, so this can't touch it, and only the actual shortfall gets zeroed instead of the whole gap upfront.
Where it's fixed
| Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | |||
| bpftool6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| bpftool6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel-livepatch-6.18.56-125.164 · amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-headers · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-modules-extra-common · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| kernel6.18-tools-devel · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| linux · Debian 14 | 7.2.10-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98843 | Oct 19, 2026 |
| microvm-kernel6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18 · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
| python3-perf6.18-debuginfo · amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.56-125.164.amzn2023 | ALAS2023-2026-3251 | Nov 7, 2026 |
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