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

erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option

[ 9.269940][ T3222] Call trace:
[ 9.269948][ T3222] ext4_file_read_iter+0xac/0x108
[ 9.269979][ T3222] vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x198
[ 9.269993][ T3222] erofs_fileio_rq_submit+0x12c/0x180
[ 9.270008][ T3222] erofs_fileio_submit_bio+0x14/0x24
[ 9.270030][ T3222] z_erofs_runqueue+0x834/0x8ac
[ 9.270054][ T3222] z_erofs_read_folio+0x120/0x220
[ 9.270083][ T3222] filemap_read_folio+0x60/0x120
[ 9.270102][ T3222] filemap_fault+0xcac/0x1060
[ 9.270119][ T3222] do_pte_missing+0x2d8/0x1554
[ 9.270131][ T3222] handle_mm_fault+0x5ec/0x70c
[ 9.270142][ T3222] do_page_fault+0x178/0x88c
[ 9.270167][ T3222] do_translation_fault+0x38/0x54
[ 9.270183][ T3222] do_mem_abort+0x54/0xac
[ 9.270208][ T3222] el0_da+0x44/0x7c
[ 9.270227][ T3222] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x5c/0xf4
[ 9.270253][ T3222] el0t_64_sync+0x1bc/0x1c0

EROFS may encounter above panic when enabling file-backed mount w/
directio mount option, the root cause is it may suffer UAF in below
race condition:

- z_erofs_read_folio wq s_dio_done_wq
- z_erofs_runqueue
- erofs_fileio_submit_bio
- erofs_fileio_rq_submit
- vfs_iocb_iter_read
- ext4_file_read_iter
- ext4_dio_read_iter
- iomap_dio_rw
: bio was submitted and return -EIOCBQUEUED
- dio_aio_complete_work
- dio_complete
- dio->iocb->ki_complete (erofs_fileio_ki_complete())
- kfree(rq)
: it frees iocb, iocb.ki_filp can be UAF in file_accessed().
- file_accessed
: access NULL file point

Introduce a reference count in struct erofs_fileio_rq, and initialize it
as two, both erofs_fileio_ki_complete() and erofs_fileio_rq_submit() will
decrease reference count, the last one decreasing the reference count
to zero will free rq.
Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-6141-1 linux security update
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History

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option [ 9.269940][ T3222] Call trace: [ 9.269948][ T3222] ext4_file_read_iter+0xac/0x108 [ 9.269979][ T3222] vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x198 [ 9.269993][ T3222] erofs_fileio_rq_submit+0x12c/0x180 [ 9.270008][ T3222] erofs_fileio_submit_bio+0x14/0x24 [ 9.270030][ T3222] z_erofs_runqueue+0x834/0x8ac [ 9.270054][ T3222] z_erofs_read_folio+0x120/0x220 [ 9.270083][ T3222] filemap_read_folio+0x60/0x120 [ 9.270102][ T3222] filemap_fault+0xcac/0x1060 [ 9.270119][ T3222] do_pte_missing+0x2d8/0x1554 [ 9.270131][ T3222] handle_mm_fault+0x5ec/0x70c [ 9.270142][ T3222] do_page_fault+0x178/0x88c [ 9.270167][ T3222] do_translation_fault+0x38/0x54 [ 9.270183][ T3222] do_mem_abort+0x54/0xac [ 9.270208][ T3222] el0_da+0x44/0x7c [ 9.270227][ T3222] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x5c/0xf4 [ 9.270253][ T3222] el0t_64_sync+0x1bc/0x1c0 EROFS may encounter above panic when enabling file-backed mount w/ directio mount option, the root cause is it may suffer UAF in below race condition: - z_erofs_read_folio wq s_dio_done_wq - z_erofs_runqueue - erofs_fileio_submit_bio - erofs_fileio_rq_submit - vfs_iocb_iter_read - ext4_file_read_iter - ext4_dio_read_iter - iomap_dio_rw : bio was submitted and return -EIOCBQUEUED - dio_aio_complete_work - dio_complete - dio->iocb->ki_complete (erofs_fileio_ki_complete()) - kfree(rq) : it frees iocb, iocb.ki_filp can be UAF in file_accessed(). - file_accessed : access NULL file point Introduce a reference count in struct erofs_fileio_rq, and initialize it as two, both erofs_fileio_ki_complete() and erofs_fileio_rq_submit() will decrease reference count, the last one decreasing the reference count to zero will free rq.
Title erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-02-18T14:53:27.462Z

Reserved: 2026-01-13T15:37:45.987Z

Link: CVE-2026-23224

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-02-18T16:22:32.143

Modified: 2026-02-18T17:51:53.510

Link: CVE-2026-23224

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