Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: resample the data fork mapping after cycling ILOCK xfs_reflink_fill_{cow_hole,delalloc} are both presented with an inode, a data fork mapping, and a cow fork mapping. Unfortunately, these two helpers cycle the ILOCK to grab a transaction, which means that the mappings are stale as soon as we reacquire the ILOCK. Currently we refresh the cow fork mapping by re-calling xfs_find_trim_cow_extent, but we don't refresh the data fork mapping beforehand, which means that the xfs_bmap_trim_cow in that function queries the refcount btree about the wrong physical blocks and returns an inaccurate value in *shared. If *shared is now false, the directio write proceeds with a stale data fork mapping. Fix this by querying the data fork mapping if the sequence counter changes across the ILOCK cycle.
Affected products
linux: linux kernel
References10
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/206c09b04dc5469c7ff14d8aceff2d47c88078d9 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f4acd0fcd862e22eab45690ec2c08c80b6ef2e7 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/44f891bc088958399eec27f7604928694aa35581 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/50f0012da1040f69a4e788cd9aed587c9a04983f Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8c9aa832b52680ee40d6cab0efb081f9a69df05 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc11be133efca5fe3a2fb02b016dee825cc12f18 Patch
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e705d81a7193dd19e69b8e2bad4696d78a4ea075 Patch
- cdn2.qualys.com/advisory/2026/07/22/RefluXFS.txt ExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/22/14 ExploitMailing List
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/07/22/18 Mailing List
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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7.8
HIGH
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% percentile: 41 · as of 14 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-362
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