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CVE-2026-90161: Linux kernel · erofs: fix interlaced ztailpacking pclusters

Affects Linux kernelSource CVE Database V5

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Not known to be exploited · CVSS 7.1 High · fixed in ddb7ea4fd99bf6c4314d1dfca18aec6945ce8054 : patch Linux kernel soon.

Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
7.1High
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 7% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in ddb7ea4fd99bf6c4314d1dfca18aec6945ce8054, cd59f91cbc1e715cb5dc65773ee22123d70cb8f2, 862427ebb81d1f6abbf74d799790e1694b37b187 +3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 17 Sep 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • >=6.0.16 <6.1
Fixed in
  • ddb7ea4fd99bf6c4314d1dfca18aec6945ce8054
  • cd59f91cbc1e715cb5dc65773ee22123d70cb8f2
  • 862427ebb81d1f6abbf74d799790e1694b37b187
  • 451027c642e752420e1a04237db9ce7b35cee595
  • 795dca34a41545d377d19bc492b10bc789772410
  • 6.1
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • =6.1
Fixed in–

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: fix interlaced ztailpacking pclusters On-disk sizes of interlaced pclusters should be block-aligned, and ztailpacking interlaced pclusters should be invalid at all. Currently, mkfs.erofs won't generate any interlaced pcluster with ztailpacking enabled, so this doesn't affect any existing valid filesystems. However, crafted images can contain invalid interlaced ztailpacking pclusters, resulting in an out-of-bounds read from a kmap'd page and copying irrelevant kernel memory into userspace-visible page cache.

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