CVE-2026-74596: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 7.0, before 7.1.9 (fixed in 7.1.9)

Published 2026-08-22. Last modified 2026-08-22.