CVE-2026-53018: f2fs: avoid reading already updated pages during GC
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Reading already updated pages during garbage collection can lead to issues.
- Who is affected
- Deployments using f2fs are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is critical due to the high severity and potential for exploitation.
- Action
- Update to the patched version for CVE-2026-53018.
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Details
Original advisory: https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-53018
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-530180.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-53018 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Same CVEs, other sources
How other CERTs, PSIRTs and databases cover the vulnerabilities in this advisory.
- unknownUSN-8664-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA BaseOS) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- unknownUSN-8663-1: Linux kernel (NVIDIA) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8618-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8603-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8593-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8569-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8568-1: Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilitiesubuntu
- highUSN-8566-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilitiesubuntu
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