Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-74318)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-74318). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: fix deadlock cloning inline extent when using flushoncommit
In commit b48c980b6a7e ("btrfs: fix deadlock between reflink and
transaction commit when using flushoncommit") a deadlock was fixed
between reflinks and transaction commits when the fs is mounted with the
flushoncommit option. This happened when we had to copy an inline extent's
data to the destination file. However the issue was fixed only for the
case where the destination offset is 0, it missed the case when the offset
is greater than zero.
Fix this by ensuring we get i_size update whenever we copied an inline
extent's data into the destination file.
Syzbot reported this with the following trace:
INFO: task kworker/u8:3:57 blocked for more than 143 seconds.
Not tainted syzkaller #0
"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
task:kworker/u8:3 state:D stack:21600 pid:57 tgid:57 ppid:2 task_flags:0x4208160 flags:0x00080000
Workqueue: writeback wb_workfn (flush-btrfs-129)
Call Trace:
context_switch kernel/sched/core.c:5402 [inline]
__schedule+0x16f9/0x5500 kernel/sched/core.c:7204
__schedule_loop kernel/sched/core.c:7283 [inline]
schedule+0x164/0x360 kernel/sched/core.c:7298
wait_extent_bit fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:905 [inline]
btrfs_lock_extent_bits+0x59c/0x700 fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.c:2008
btrfs_lock_extent fs/btrfs/extent-io-tree.h:15…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-74318 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-74318" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-74318 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-74318 linux-lts
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-74318 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-74318 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com