{"id":"CVE-2026-74362","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-74362","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:25:07.379Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ext2: fix ignored return value of generic_write_sync() Fix ext2_dio_write_iter() to propagate the error returned by generic_write_sync() instead of silently discarding it, which could…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\next2: fix ignored return value of generic_write_sync()\n\nFix ext2_dio_write_iter() to propagate the error returned by\ngeneric_write_sync() instead of silently discarding it, which could\ncause write(2) to return success to userspace on O_SYNC/O_DSYNC files\neven when the sync failed.\n\nThe correct pattern, already used in ext2_dax_write_iter() in the same\nfile and in ext4, xfs, f2fs among others, is:\n    if (ret > 0)\n        ret = generic_write_sync(iocb, ret);\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.\n\n[JK: Reflect also filemap_write_and_wait() return value]","published":"2026-08-15T06:22:38.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-17T06:19:31.000Z","status":"Received","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":null,"cwe":[],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00209,"percentile":0.10911,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"unknown","text":"Not yet scored. NVD analysis is pending; check back once CVSS and EPSS values are published."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8990dbb7065b0b002b1e58b9091a5b61f5e94dbe","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d70b3973020e59845c0bdad90e0b9c2295fd493","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4659be0bc7cb1856ffb15b67f903229ae8891ec","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6bc07e49a5fbb335f56eb90cd63dec6584c77d3","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ffa974b2f50ad8b911b9066d7aed84ad0afabcdb","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74362","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}