netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling

Summary

CVECVE-2026-64060
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerLinux
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-07-19 16:17:46 UTC
Updated2026-07-19 16:17:46 UTC
DescriptionIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling Fix netfs_write_begin() to not leak our ref on the request in the event that we get an error from netfs_wait_for_read().

Risk And Classification

EPSS: 0.001660000 probability, percentile 0.061660000 (date 2026-07-20)

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Linux Linux affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f 22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f 28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f 5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14 git Not specified
CNA Linux Linux affected 5.18 Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 5.18 semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 6.18.34 6.18.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.0.11 7.0.* semver Not specified
CNA Linux Linux unaffected 7.1 * original_commit_for_fix Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org/stable/c/28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 git.kernel.org
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