fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-74596
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-22 16:16:31 UTC
Updated2026-08-22 16:16:31 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare() The check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary here. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity enabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this check is trying to prevent.

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001550000 probability, percentile 0.049030000 (date 2026-08-24)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c 2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 7.0 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1.9 7.1.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.2 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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