CVE-2026-64596

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-64596
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64596.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2026-64596
Downstream
Related
Published
2026-08-06T07:13:51Z
Modified
2026-10-28T02:30:31Z
Summary
libfs: set SB_I_NOEXEC and SB_I_NODEV by default in init_pseudo()
Details

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

libfs: set SB_I_NOEXEC and SB_I_NODEV by default in init_pseudo()

Since commit 1e7ab6f67824 ("anon_inode: rework assertions"), path_noexec() warns when an anonymous-inode file is mmap'd from a superblock that has not set SB_I_NOEXEC. dma-buf backs its files this way and never set the flag, so mmap of any exported buffer trips the warning on a CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS=y kernel:

WARNING: CPU: 11 PID: 121813 at fs/exec.c:118 path_noexec+0x47/0x50 do_mmap+0x2b5/0x680 vm_mmap_pgoff+0x129/0x210 ksys_mmap_pgoff+0x177/0x240 __x64_sys_mmap+0x33/0x70

init_pseudo() sets up internal SB_NOUSER mounts that are never path-reachable. Set both flags here so every pseudo filesystem gets them by default instead of each caller setting them.

SB_I_NODEV is inert for unreachable mounts. SB_I_NOEXEC has one visible effect: an executable mapping of a pseudo-fs fd, such as a dma-buf, now fails with -EPERM, which is the invariant the assertion enforces. No in-tree caller maps these executable.

Reproduce on CONFIG_DEBUG_VFS=y:

make -C tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps sudo ./tools/testing/selftests/dmabuf-heaps/dmabuf-heap -t system

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner":  "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from":  "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/64xxx/CVE-2026-64596.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
1e7ab6f67824343ee3e96f100f0937c393749a8a
Fixed
b9d45d328fcda4f0d3d281b7d6f12d3f181d9381
Fixed
8e931557b317f0fb414839fa51fae1d5feb0ad97
Fixed
6de2aeffabaafaeda819e60ec8d04f199711e11a
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6.15.6
Fixed
6.16
Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
9b8076a9404568d6cb6673b9a079558b15051966

Affected versions

v6.*
v6.15.10
v6.15.11
v6.15.6
v6.15.7
v6.15.8
v6.15.9

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64596.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.16.0
Fixed
6.18.39
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.19.0
Fixed
7.1.4

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-64596.json"