CVE-2026-98120

netfs: Fix subreq ref leak

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 25, 2026
Updated: Oct 19, 2026
Reserved: Sep 25, 2026

Description

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

netfs: Fix subreq ref leak

Fix a subrequest ref leak in netfs_unbuffered_write() in the event that subreq->io_iter ends up zero length during preparation.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	72d08d2839649d1c5efbe375751f4473fa4486af to before ebefb12122d1319257ecac01c1a928f78007716aAffected a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 to before 0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328Affected a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 to before 3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348Affected 0c29f6d63122a0168d67cb8ecde5b4cf7fe4acb0Affected 6.18.17 to before 6.18.53Affected 6.19.7 to before 6.20Affected
LinuxLinux	7.0Affected before 7.0Not affected 6.18.53 through 6.18.Not affected 7.2.7 through 7.2.Not affected 7.3 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

72d08d2839649d1c5efbe375751f4473fa4486af to before ebefb12122d1319257ecac01c1a928f78007716aAffected
a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 to before 0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328Affected
a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 to before 3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348Affected
0c29f6d63122a0168d67cb8ecde5b4cf7fe4acb0Affected
6.18.17 to before 6.18.53Affected
6.19.7 to before 6.20Affected

LinuxLinux

7.0Affected
before 7.0Not affected
6.18.53 through 6.18.*Not affected
7.2.7 through 7.2.*Not affected
7.3 and laterNot affected

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