CVE-2026-97547

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfs: fix exchange-range reflink flag clearing issue with INO1_WRITTEN When exchanging two full-file ranges, xmi_can_exchange_reflink_flags() can move the reflink inode flag from the file that currently has it to the other file, as long as exactly one side is marked. This assumes that the file contents, and therefore all shared extents, are exchanged. That assumption is not true when XFS_EXCHMAPS_INO1_WRITTEN is set. xfs_exchmaps_can_skip_mapping() can skip hole and unwritten mappings from file1, so an exchange can complete without moving every mapping that the earlier flag-swap decision accounted for. In that case the post-operation cleanup can clear the reflink flag from an inode that still owns shared written extents. Later writes then take the non-reflink write path and may update blocks that should still have been protected by CoW, which shows up as data corruption between reflink-related files. Fix this by disabling the reflink flag exchange whenever XFS_EXCHMAPS_INO1_WRITTEN is requested. The contents exchange can still proceed; the conservative outcome is that both inodes keep the reflink flag. The regular reflink flag cleanup path can drop the extra flag later once the inode no longer has shared extents.

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 25, 2026
First seenSep 25, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux56f87ac2b9543be2be529b831666682e6df4bc40, fac32b9950a2aab3f8659d23b2947b8fb305c3fe, 8ae30b9a8c207f9bd03a98eda7b5d641daa79bdb, a23eca88448e52eb1a81549862df7adce794fafb or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux966ceafc7a437105ecfe1cadb3747b2965a260ca ≤ v < 56f87ac2b9543be2be529b831666682e6df4bc40, 966ceafc7a437105ecfe1cadb3747b2965a260ca ≤ v < fac32b9950a2aab3f8659d23b2947b8fb305c3fe, 966ceafc7a437105ecfe1cadb3747b2965a260ca ≤ v < 8ae30b9a8c207f9bd03a98eda7b5d641daa79bdb, 966ceafc7a437105ecfe1cadb3747b2965a260ca ≤ v < a23eca88448e52eb1a81549862df7adce794fafb, 6.1056f87ac2b9543be2be529b831666682e6df4bc40, fac32b9950a2aab3f8659d23b2947b8fb305c3fe, 8ae30b9a8c207f9bd03a98eda7b5d641daa79bdb, a23eca88448e52eb1a81549862df7adce794fafb

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