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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: romfs: check sb_set_blocksize() return value romfs_fill_super() ignores the return value o…
Medium CVSS: 5.5

CVE-2026-23238

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.
Vendor
Linux
Product
Linux Kernel
CWE
CWE-617
Yayın Tarihi
2026-03-04 15:16:14
Güncelleme
2026-03-17 21:15:39
Source Identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
KEV Date Added
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