CVE-2026-90262 Affecting linux-6.12 package, versions <6.12.111-1~deb12u1
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- published5 Oct 2026
- disclosed17 Sept 2026
Introduced: 17 Sep 2026
NewCVE-2026-90262 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 linux-6.12 to version 6.12.111-1~deb12u1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.12 package and not the linux-6.12 package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
btrfs: retry verity reads for not-uptodate Merkle folios
btrfs_read_merkle_tree_page() can find a folio in the mapping that is not uptodate. After taking the folio lock, the current code treats that state as a read error and returns -EIO.
That can make a previous transient read failure sticky. If the failed read left a not-uptodate folio in the mapping, later callers find that folio and fail instead of retrying the read.
Keep the existing page-cache insertion and locking order, but retry the Merkle item read when a not-uptodate folio is found in the mapping. Also unlock the folio when read_key_bytes() fails so that a later caller can lock it and retry the read.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-90262
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12b6d1a1715cbced2e445ca353f9c9987b8636e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81241f734f0f662378f5ffc53882b012923e6fe5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cc569696dac51fc62bb39b3b8f530582b916d29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90e9eae1b5907fa36620ffb7f4f1a4afa9333427
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1fa005cdf3b7ff14cdfd7d512830088a3fc256b