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High 7.5Published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72356cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_issue_read()
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_issue_read() Fix missing release of credits in the failure path in cifs_issue_read() lest retrying the subreq just overwrites the credits value.
- CVSS
- 7.5 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- Received
- Record last updated
- Aug 17, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 before b9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05c; from 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 before 86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826; 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 builds before 3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765; from 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 before c16b8c4cfb4fe2244cc33e469a93c1ab8684146b | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16b8c4cfb4fe2244cc33e469a93c1ab8684146b
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