{"id":"CVE-2026-74596","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()\n\nThe check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary\nhere","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()\n\nThe check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary\nhere. Filesystems could …","severity":"none","published":"2026-08-22","updated":"2026-08-22","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74596","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"ingestedAt":"2026-08-23T09:45:33.583Z","epss":0.00155,"epssPercentile":0.05113,"slug":"CVE-2026-74596","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()\n\nThe check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary\nhere. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity\nenabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this\ncheck is trying to prevent.\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":[]}