{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "e9734653c523c744f03333ece6ae7a315187f05c"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286"
            }
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "type": "GIT"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Linux",
        "name": "Kernel"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "7.0.0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "7.1.9"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74596.json"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()\n\nThe check that fs-verity is available in the kernel is not necessary\nhere. Filesystems could have fsverity files even without fs-verity\nenabled. In that case, truncate on fsverity file will succeed, what this\ncheck is trying to prevent.",
  "id": "CVE-2026-74596",
  "modified": "2026-08-23T03:42:40.328548595Z",
  "published": "2026-08-22T15:31:46.383Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2b2ed7bdcc6df4942292318c5455b5e94ba525"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2f96bcb89d36d488a10e3bcf819b98536968286"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/74xxx/CVE-2026-74596.json"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-74596"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.9.0",
  "summary": "fs,fsverity: remove check for fsverity being enabled in setattr_prepare()"
}