---
id: CVE-2026-63816
title: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: atomic: fix UAF issue on f2fs_inode_info.atomic_inode\n\n- ioctl(F2FS_IOC_GARBAGE_COLLECT_RANGE)\t\t- shrink\n - f2fs_gc\n  - gc_data_segment\n   - ra_data_block(cow_ino…"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nf2fs: atomic: fix UAF issue on f2fs_inode_info.atomic_inode\n\n- ioctl(F2FS_IOC_GARBAGE_COLLECT_RANGE)\t\t- shrink\n - f2fs_gc\n  - gc_data_segment\n   - ra_data_block(cow_ino…"
severity: none
published: '2026-07-19'
updated: '2026-07-19'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-63816'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56038756aae68312df00d4aa1d97e51ef3aca725'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a499f77c06050a28c897bdbd86cd2f0721ae0743'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a805fec35c201c59643ddcde713bce4051c8ee27'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0288584baa5dc41df4a829a023c4c1b33fe53d7'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
ingestedAt: '2026-07-20T11:37:38.851Z'
epss: 0.00126
epssPercentile: 0.01963
---

## Overview

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

f2fs: atomic: fix UAF issue on f2fs_inode_info.atomic_inode

- ioctl(F2FS_IOC_GARBAGE_COLLECT_RANGE)		- shrink
 - f2fs_gc
  - gc_data_segment
   - ra_data_block(cow_inode)
    - mapping = F2FS_I(inode)->atomic_inode->i_mapping
    : f2fs_is_cow_file(cow_inode) is true
						 - f2fs_evict_inode(atomic_inode)
						  - clear_inode_flag(fi->cow_inode, FI_COW_FILE)
						  - F2FS_I(fi->cow_inode)->atomic_inode = NULL
						  ...
						  - truncate_inode_pages_final(atomic_inode)
    - f2fs_grab_cache_folio(mapping)
    : create folio in atomic_inode->mapping
						  - clear_inode(atomic_inode)
						   - BUG_ON(atomic_inode->i_data.nrpages)

We need to add a reference on fi->atomic_inode before using its mapping
field during garbage collection, otherwise, it will cause UAF issue.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.