CVE-2026-64060 (GCVE-0-2026-64060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 15:39 – Updated: 2026-07-19 15:39
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Title
netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling
Summary
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().
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Linux Linux Affected: 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f , < 22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb (git)
Affected: 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f , < 28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf (git)
Affected: 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f , < 5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.18
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.18 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.34 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.0.11 , ≤ 7.0.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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