Bug 2540494 (CVE-2026-97490) - CVE-2026-97490 kernel: affs: handle set_blocksize failures
Summary: CVE-2026-97490 kernel: affs: handle set_blocksize failures
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-97490
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-24 17:00 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-29 20:38 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-24 17:00:29 UTC
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.


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