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CVE-2026-74596: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled...

MEDIUM CVSS 0.0

Published: August 22, 2026 | Last Modified: August 22, 2026

Description

In 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.

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