smb: client: fix data corruption with concurrent writes and O_TRUNC
cifs_do_truncate() flushes dirty pages with filemap_write_and_wait()
and truncates the file on the server, but in the old code both
operations ran without holding i_rwsem or invalidate_lock. A
concurrent buffered write via netfs_perform_write() -- which only
needs i_rwsem shared -- could dirty new pages after the flush but
before the local truncation, and those pages would be silently
discarded by cifs_setsize() -> truncate_pagecache().
Fix by acquiring inode_lock (exclusive i_rwsem) and
filemap_invalidate_lock at the top of cifs_do_truncate(), so the
entire flush-truncate-resize sequence is atomic with respect to:
- buffered writes (blocked by exclusive i_rwsem, since
netfs_start_io_write takes i_rwsem shared),
- read page faults (blocked by exclusive invalidate_lock, since
filemap_fault takes it shared),
- writeback collection (blocked by netfs_wb_begin/netfs_wb_end
around the server truncate and local resize, since
netfs_writepages also acquires the wb lock).
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| Weaknesses | CWE-362 |
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb: client: fix data corruption with concurrent writes and O_TRUNC cifs_do_truncate() flushes dirty pages with filemap_write_and_wait() and truncates the file on the server, but in the old code both operations ran without holding i_rwsem or invalidate_lock. A concurrent buffered write via netfs_perform_write() -- which only needs i_rwsem shared -- could dirty new pages after the flush but before the local truncation, and those pages would be silently discarded by cifs_setsize() -> truncate_pagecache(). Fix by acquiring inode_lock (exclusive i_rwsem) and filemap_invalidate_lock at the top of cifs_do_truncate(), so the entire flush-truncate-resize sequence is atomic with respect to: - buffered writes (blocked by exclusive i_rwsem, since netfs_start_io_write takes i_rwsem shared), - read page faults (blocked by exclusive invalidate_lock, since filemap_fault takes it shared), - writeback collection (blocked by netfs_wb_begin/netfs_wb_end around the server truncate and local resize, since netfs_writepages also acquires the wb lock). | |
| Title | smb: client: fix data corruption with concurrent writes and O_TRUNC | |
| First Time appeared |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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Linux linux Kernel |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2026-10-28T10:34:29.053Z
Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.392Z
Link: CVE-2026-99111
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Status : Received
Published: 2026-10-28T11:17:30.520
Modified: 2026-10-28T11:17:30.520
Link: CVE-2026-99111
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Updated: 2026-10-28T13:30:20Z
