Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fuse: fix uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate()

fuse_dentry_revalidate() may be called with a dentry that didn't had
->d_time initialised. The issue was found with KMSAN, where lookup_open()
calls __d_alloc(), followed by d_revalidate(), as shown below:

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BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x150/0x13d0 fs/fuse/dir.c:394
fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x150/0x13d0 fs/fuse/dir.c:394
d_revalidate fs/namei.c:1030 [inline]
lookup_open fs/namei.c:4405 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline]
path_openat+0x1614/0x64c0 fs/namei.c:4827
do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4859
[...]

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4466 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4788 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x382/0x1280 mm/slub.c:4807
__d_alloc+0x55/0xa00 fs/dcache.c:1740
d_alloc_parallel+0x99/0x2740 fs/dcache.c:2604
lookup_open fs/namei.c:4398 [inline]
open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline]
path_openat+0x135f/0x64c0 fs/namei.c:4827
do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4859
[...]
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Published: 2026-06-26
Score: n/a
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Fri, 26 Jun 2026 22:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-234

Fri, 26 Jun 2026 20:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: fix uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate() fuse_dentry_revalidate() may be called with a dentry that didn't had ->d_time initialised. The issue was found with KMSAN, where lookup_open() calls __d_alloc(), followed by d_revalidate(), as shown below: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x150/0x13d0 fs/fuse/dir.c:394 fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x150/0x13d0 fs/fuse/dir.c:394 d_revalidate fs/namei.c:1030 [inline] lookup_open fs/namei.c:4405 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline] path_openat+0x1614/0x64c0 fs/namei.c:4827 do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4859 [...] Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4466 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4788 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x382/0x1280 mm/slub.c:4807 __d_alloc+0x55/0xa00 fs/dcache.c:1740 d_alloc_parallel+0x99/0x2740 fs/dcache.c:2604 lookup_open fs/namei.c:4398 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline] path_openat+0x135f/0x64c0 fs/namei.c:4827 do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4859 [...] =====================================================
Title fuse: fix uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate()
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-06-26T19:41:04.890Z

Reserved: 2026-06-09T07:44:35.397Z

Link: CVE-2026-53311

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Updated: 2026-06-27T03:45:10Z

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