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Not yet scoredPublished Sep 25, 2026

CVE-2026-98120netfs: Fix subreq ref leak

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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.

CVSS
Not yet scored
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
Undergoing Analysis
Record last updated
Sep 25, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 72d08d2839649d1c5efbe375751f4473fa4486af before ebefb12122d1319257ecac01c1a928f78007716a; from a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 before 0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328; from a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 before 3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348; 0c29f6d63122a0168d67cb8ecde5b4cf7fe4acb0; from 6.18.17 before 6.18.53; from 6.19.7 before 6.20
CNA record

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