Fix netfs_read_folio to wait on writeback
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait on writeback Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait for an ongoing writeback to complete so that it can trust the dirty flag and whatever is attached to folio->private (folio->private may get cleaned up by the collector before it clears the writeback flag). A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network file system (netfs) component. This can lead to the system incorrectly trusting the dirty flag and prematurely cleaning up private data associated with a folio, potentially resulting in data integrity issues or unexpected system behavior. Red Hat severity: Moderate — CVSS 5.5 (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H). Weakness: CWE-367. Affected Red Hat products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10. Red Hat does not currently list a fixing RHSA for this CVE.
What this means
In plain English
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait on writeback Fix netfs_read_folio() to wait for an ongoing writeback to complete so that it can trust the dirty flag and whatever is attached to folio->private (folio->private may get cleaned up by the collector before it clears the writeback flag). A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's network file system (netfs) component. This can lead to the system incorrectly trusting the dirty flag and prematurely cleaning up private data associated with a folio, potentially resulting in data integrity issues or unexpected system behavior.
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