Bug 2492726 (CVE-2026-53165) - CVE-2026-53165 kernel: iomap: avoid potential null folio->mapping deref during error reporting
Summary: CVE-2026-53165 kernel: iomap: avoid potential null folio->mapping deref durin...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-53165
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-06-25 10:02 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-06-26 07:39 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-06-25 10:02:33 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iomap: avoid potential null folio->mapping deref during error reporting

When a buffered read fails, iomap_finish_folio_read() reports the error
with fserror_report_io(folio->mapping->host, ...). This is called after
ifs->read_bytes_pending has been decremented by the bytes attempted to
be read.

For a folio split across multiple read completions, the folio is only
guaranteed to stay locked while read_bytes_pending > 0. Once
iomap_finish_folio_read() decrements read_bytes_pending, another
in-flight read can complete and end the read on the folio, which unlocks
it. This allows truncate logic to run and detach the folio (set
folio->mapping to NULL). The error reporting path then can dereference a
NULL folio->mapping. As reported by Sam Sun, this is the race that can
occur:

CPU0: failed completion      CPU1: final completion     CPU2: truncate
-----------------------      ----------------------     --------------
read_bytes_pending -= len
finished = false
/* preempted before
   fserror_report_io() */
			     read_bytes_pending -= len
			     finished = true
			     folio_end_read()
							truncate clears
							folio->mapping
fserror_report_io(
  folio->mapping->host, ...)
	      ^ NULL deref

Fix this by reporting the error first before decrementing
ifs->read_bytes_pending.


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