Unscored severity · published Oct 28, 2026
CVE-2026-99111
smb: client: fix data corruption with concurrent writes and O_TRUNC
New
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CVSS
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EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smb: client: fix data corruption with concurrent writes and O_TRUNC
cifs_do_truncate() flushes dirty pages with filemap_write_and_wait()
and truncates the file on the server, but in the old code both
operations ran without holding i_rwsem or invalidate_lock. A
concurrent buffered write via netfs_perform_write() -- which only
needs i_rwsem shared -- could dirty new pages after the flush but
before the local truncation, and those pages would be silently
discarded by cifs_setsize() -> truncate_pagecache().
Fix by acquiring inode_lock (exclusive i_rwsem) and
filemap_invalidate_lock at the top of cifs_do_truncate(), so the
entire flush-truncate-resize sequence is atomic with respect to:
- buffered writes (blocked by exclusive i_rwsem, since
netfs_start_io_write takes i_rwsem shared),
- read page faults (blocked by exclusive invalidate_lock, since
filemap_fault takes it shared),
- writeback collection (blocked by netfs_wb_begin/netfs_wb_end
around the server truncate and local resize, since
netfs_writepages also acquires the wb lock).
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
110fee6b9bb58a5c50047fc2594d415f741b591e before 4d143608a0445443a85c9b29f4c9f8e63d5dbfc9; 110fee6b9bb58a5c50047fc2594d415f741b591e before ffa66fdc7d35b890606767c4d2c7ac26b4d90a99; 110fee6b9bb58a5c50047fc2594d415f741b591e before a8603b52b39f520ea8a34def74c23fba87396d3e; 6.18 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-99111
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-99111
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d143608a0445443a85c9b29f4c9f8e63d5dbfc9
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffa66fdc7d35b890606767c4d2c7ac26b4d90a99
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8603b52b39f520ea8a34def74c23fba87396d3e
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