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FKIE_CVE-2026-74362

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-08-15 06:22 - Updated: 2026-08-17 06:19
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: fix ignored return value of generic_write_sync() Fix ext2_dio_write_iter() to propagate the error returned by generic_write_sync() instead of silently discarding it, which could cause write(2) to return success to userspace on O_SYNC/O_DSYNC files even when the sync failed. The correct pattern, already used in ext2_dax_write_iter() in the same file and in ext4, xfs, f2fs among others, is: if (ret > 0) ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret); Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [JK: Reflect also filemap_write_and_wait() return value]
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8990dbb7065b0b002b1e58b9091a5b61f5e94dbe
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d70b3973020e59845c0bdad90e0b9c2295fd493
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4659be0bc7cb1856ffb15b67f903229ae8891ec
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6bc07e49a5fbb335f56eb90cd63dec6584c77d3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffa974b2f50ad8b911b9066d7aed84ad0afabcdb
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  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next2: fix ignored return value of generic_write_sync()\n\nFix ext2_dio_write_iter() to propagate the error returned by\ngeneric_write_sync() instead of silently discarding it, which could\ncause write(2) to return success to userspace on O_SYNC/O_DSYNC files\neven when the sync failed.\n\nThe correct pattern, already used in ext2_dax_write_iter() in the same\nfile and in ext4, xfs, f2fs among others, is:\n    if (ret \u003e 0)\n        ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.\n\n[JK: Reflect also filemap_write_and_wait() return value]"
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  "id": "CVE-2026-74362",
  "lastModified": "2026-08-17T06:19:30.960",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2026-08-15T06:22:37.783",
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  "vulnStatus": "Received"
}



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