CVE-2026-99137

About vulnerability

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

cifs: don’t update i_size in cifs_do_truncate without a cached handle

If find_writable_file() returns null, cifs_file_flush will return 0 without issuing set_file_size, and the outer ‘if (!rc)’ block will set i_size to 0 before telling the server to truncate. If the cifs_open() then fails, the inode will have size 0, while the server file is unchanged.

Move the netfs_resize_file() and cifs_setsize() into the ‘if (cfile)’, so they only run after a successful set_file_size.

In the no-handle else branch, evict stale pages with truncate_inode_pages before the O_TRUNC open to dispose of old cache pages, and let the open response set the i_size.

Affected product:

AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , TuxCare 9.8 ESU

Affected packages:

kernel @ 5.14.0 (+2 more)