{"id":"CVE-2026-53018","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: avoid reading already updated pages during GC\n\nWe found the following issue during fuzz testing:\n\npage: refcount:3 mapcount:0 mapping:00000000b6e89c65 index:0x18b…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: avoid reading already updated pages during GC\n\nWe found the following issue during fuzz testing:\n\npage: refcount:3 mapcount:0 mapping:00000000b6e89c65 index:0x18b…","severity":"none","published":"2026-06-24","updated":"2026-07-10","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53018","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4623c251496b99c530ce225c05334f4eac8b933a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/570e2ccc7cb35fe720106964e65060602d3d2ac4","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b663ebb8a340eae5442e605b6acd2cff5677f016","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00121,"epssPercentile":0.02159,"ingestedAt":"2026-07-11T19:15:11.825Z","slug":"CVE-2026-53018","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: avoid reading already updated pages during GC\n\nWe found the following issue during fuzz testing:\n\npage: refcount:3 mapcount:0 mapping:00000000b6e89c65 index:0x18b2dc pfn:0x161ba9\nmemcg:f8ffff800e269c00\naops:f2fs_meta_aops ino:2\nflags: 0x52880000000080a9(locked|waiters|uptodate|lru|private|zone=1|kasantag=0x4a)\nraw: 52880000000080a9 fffffffec6e17588 fffffffec0ccc088 a7ffff8067063618\nraw: 000000000018b2dc 0000000000000009 00000003ffffffff f8ffff800e269c00\npage dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO(folio_test_uptodate(folio))\npage_owner tracks the page as allocated\n post_alloc_hook+0x58c/0x5ec\n prep_new_page+0x34/0x284\n get_page_from_freelist+0x2dcc/0x2e8c\n __alloc_pages_noprof+0x280/0x76c\n __folio_alloc_noprof+0x18/0xac\n __filemap_get_folio+0x6bc/0xdc4\n pagecache_get_page+0x3c/0x104\n do_garbage_collect+0x5c78/0x77a4\n f2fs_gc+0xd74/0x25f0\n gc_thread_func+0xb28/0x2930\n kthread+0x464/0x5d8\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\n------------[ cut here ]------------\nkernel BUG at mm/filemap.c:1563!\n folio_end_read+0x140/0x168\n f2fs_finish_read_bio+0x5c4/0xb80\n f2fs_read_end_io+0x64c/0x708\n bio_endio+0x85c/0x8c0\n blk_update_request+0x690/0x127c\n scsi_end_request+0x9c/0xb8c\n scsi_io_completion+0xf0/0x250\n scsi_finish_command+0x430/0x45c\n scsi_complete+0x178/0x6d4\n blk_mq_complete_request+0xcc/0x104\n scsi_done_internal+0x214/0x454\n scsi_done+0x24/0x34\n\nwhich is similar to the problem reported by syzbot:\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=3686758660f980b402dc\n\nThis case is consistent with the description in commit 9bf1a3f\n(\"f2fs: avoid GC causing encrypted file corrupted\"):\nPage 1 is moved from blkaddr A to blkaddr B by move_data_block, and after\nbeing written it is marked as uptodate. Then, Page 1 is moved from blkaddr\nB to blkaddr C, VM_BUG_ON_FOLIO was triggered in the endio initiated by\nra_data_block.\n\nThere is no need to read Page 1 again from blkaddr B, since it has already\nbeen updated. Therefore, avoid initiating I/O in this case.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":3,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":2.8,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}