CVE-2026-74592 (GCVE-0-2026-74592)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-22 15:31 – Updated: 2026-08-25 05:40
VLAI
Title
ima: Instantiate file_truncate and path_truncate hooks
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Instantiate file_truncate and path_truncate hooks Instantiate the file_truncate and path_truncate LSM hooks to reset the action cache flags (IMA_DONE_MASK) as soon as truncation is requested, so the file, based on policy, is re-collected, re-measured, re-audited, and re-appraised on next access.
Severity
8.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 3323eec921efd815178a23107ab63588c605c0b2 , < 5f46705d96eb60587aa7035acfcbec977e08d620 (git)
Affected: 3323eec921efd815178a23107ab63588c605c0b2 , < dd21c96a71e876c8df9ec546b885a2c5f47bbb05 (git)
Affected: 3323eec921efd815178a23107ab63588c605c0b2 , < 0baed1fa2184c81e4baf76f445d3faa4b738c8f7 (git)
Affected: 3323eec921efd815178a23107ab63588c605c0b2 , < b80bed5c871a80151351342c065579405ce77145 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 2.6.30
Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.30 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.104 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.45 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.9 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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