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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Apr 24, 2026· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2026-31597

CVE-2026-31597

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ocfs2: fix use-after-free in ocfs2_fault() when VM_FAULT_RETRY

filemap_fault() may drop the mmap_lock before returning VM_FAULT_RETRY, as documented in mm/filemap.c:

"If our return value has VM_FAULT_RETRY set, it's because the mmap_lock may be dropped before doing I/O or by lock_folio_maybe_drop_mmap()."

When this happens, a concurrent munmap() can call remove_vma() and free the vm_area_struct via RCU. The saved 'vma' pointer in ocfs2_fault() then becomes a dangling pointer, and the subsequent trace_ocfs2_fault() call dereferences it -- a use-after-free.

Fix this by saving ip_blkno as a plain integer before calling filemap_fault(), and removing vma from the trace event. Since ip_blkno is copied by value before the lock can be dropped, it remains valid regardless of what happens to the vma or inode afterward.

Affected products

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  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: >=2.6.39,<6.6.136

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