Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 24, 2026· Updated Oct 3, 2026
CVE-2026-97486
CVE-2026-97486
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
hpfs: handle set_blocksize failures
hpfs uses buffer_heads, which don't handle block size > PAGE_SIZE well. Without this, mounting will hit the
BUG_ON(offset >= folio_size(folio));
in folio_set_bh on the first __bread_gfp call.
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References
7- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0451927f42b0282d80d402e8e8c46ff34e9f606fnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/10f226687bcb07ed925a453b6f25e817165d113bnvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a405996f23e04942aad064ab8d50c55827482872nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b618f681acb6748faf95eee9af2aac5455a74e68nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f27e21cf3c0446a3536ea9b588a78a46b0a2cb66nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7b0cde62edb8ceff8bcc17ba3f1b086646fff89nvd
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc79fcc78cb771f2a803e52149cac5ca9050fd05nvd
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