CVE-2026-53168
Published: June 27, 2026Last modified: July 6, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: reject fuse_notify() pagecache ops on directories The operations FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE and FUSE_NOTIFY_RETRIEVE allow the FUSE daemon to actively write/read pagecache contents. For directories with FOPEN_CACHE_DIR, the pagecache is used as kernel-internal cache storage, and userspace is not supposed to have direct access to this cache - in particular, fuse_parse_cache() will hit WARN_ON() if the cache contains bogus data. Reject FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE and FUSE_NOTIFY_RETRIEVE on anything other than regular files with -EINVAL.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.177-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.95-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.18.38-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12df4cfa738aefff21756728e91056d7defb0fe6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15487f98863dc7156ed43c5be26d478beb82ba35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c317d7f8b7bbf3de16d20a01f363e390114cea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c954499d43aefac01c5dfb57a82b13d2dcf4b94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbf1b2fadfc6c40805631d8a8276d1639fc9ab6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd23fa0c16c5c86e5b7713224ffbb87d9db81cca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd92773d4d9cea010474eb08a5133c14ff6ab53a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e692f0cb86204dcdb9dddc0b355407eda6394a67