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Linux Kernel: Unreliable File System Mounting with Incompatible Block Size

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23238
Summary

A bug in the Linux kernel's file system mounting process can cause a file system to be mounted with an incorrect block size, leading to crashes. This can happen when a device's block size is set too large. To fix this, the kernel will now check for this situation and refuse to mount the file system if the block size is incompatible, preventing potential crashes.

What to do

No fix is available yet. Check with your software vendor for updates.

Affected software
VendorProductAffected versionsFix available
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-lts-xenial All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-hwe All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-hwe All versions
canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-4.15 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-4.15 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-hwe All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
canonical linux-ibm-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-oem All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-raspi-5.4 All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-bluefield All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-gke All versions
canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-gkeop All versions
canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-ibm All versions
canonical linux-ibm-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-iot All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.15 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-gke All versions
canonical linux-gkeop All versions
canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-ibm All versions
canonical linux-ibm-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
canonical linux-intel-iotg All versions
canonical linux-kvm All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-igx All versions
canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp All versions
canonical linux-bluefield All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime-6.8 All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-aws-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-azure-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-azure-nvidia All versions
canonical linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-gcp-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-gke All versions
canonical linux-gkeop All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-hwe-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-ibm All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency All versions
canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-lowlatency All versions
canonical linux-nvidia-tegra All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-oracle-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.14 All versions
canonical linux-riscv-6.17 All versions
canonical linux-xilinx All versions
canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
canonical linux-fips All versions
canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-realtime-6.14 All versions
canonical linux All versions
canonical linux-aws All versions
canonical linux-azure All versions
canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
canonical linux-gcp All versions
canonical linux-oracle All versions
canonical linux-raspi All versions
canonical linux-realtime All versions
canonical linux-riscv All versions
Original title
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: romfs: check sb_set_blocksize() return value romfs_fill_super() ignores the return value of sb_set_blocksize(), which can fail if...
Original description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: romfs: check sb_set_blocksize() return value romfs_fill_super() ignores the return value of sb_set_blocksize(), which can fail if the requested block size is incompatible with the block device's configuration. This can be triggered by setting a loop device's block size larger than PAGE_SIZE using ioctl(LOOP_SET_BLOCK_SIZE, 32768), then mounting a romfs filesystem on that device. When sb_set_blocksize(sb, ROMBSIZE) is called with ROMBSIZE=4096 but the device has logical_block_size=32768, bdev_validate_blocksize() fails because the requested size is smaller than the device's logical block size. sb_set_blocksize() returns 0 (failure), but romfs ignores this and continues mounting. The superblock's block size remains at the device's logical block size (32768). Later, when sb_bread() attempts I/O with this oversized block size, it triggers a kernel BUG in folio_set_bh(): kernel BUG at fs/buffer.c:1582! BUG_ON(size > PAGE_SIZE); Fix by checking the return value of sb_set_blocksize() and failing the mount with -EINVAL if it returns 0.
Published: 5 Mar 2026 · Updated: 13 Mar 2026 · First seen: 9 Mar 2026