Medium 5.5Published Jul 19, 2026

CVE-2026-64060netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 6:00 PM ET)

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In 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().

CVSS: 5.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, NVD)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Oct 21, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f before 9192f304379187b396d56d6a1a406712c6bfa5a3; 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f builds before 22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb; from 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f before 28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf; from 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f before 5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 5.18 before 6.18.34; from 6.19 before 7.0.11; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9192f304379187b396d56d6a1a406712c6bfa5a3
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14	patch

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