CVE-2026-31514: erofs: set fileio bio failed in short read case

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-04-22 · updated 2026-10-23

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: erofs: set fileio bio failed in short read case For file-backed mount, IO requests are handled by vfs_iocb_iter_read(). However, it can be interrupted by SIGKILL, returning the number of bytes actually copied. Unused folios in bio are unexpectedly marked as uptodate. vfs_read filemap_read filemap_get_pages filemap_readahead erofs_fileio_readahead erofs_fileio_rq_submit vfs_iocb_iter_read filemap_read filemap_get_pages <= detect signal erofs_fileio_ki_complete <= set all folios uptodate This patch addresses this by setting short read bio with an error directly.

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 6.12.75 before 6.12.80; from 6.18.14 before 6.18.21; from 6.19.4 before 6.19.11 — fixed in 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 6.12.80, 6.18.21, 6.19.11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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