CVE-2026-72364 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix writeback error handling Fix the error handling in writeback_iter() loop. If an error occurs, writeback_iter() needs to be called again with *error set to the error so that it can clean up iteration state. Further, the current folio needs unlocking and redirtying.

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Linux	Linux Kernel

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb33d959aabcde07d724b5eb9992462e91fa79a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89df9c158a25d0a7c6ca079a9bd9ca7009d75c7b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5f95ac5d6d0f4c567b8b642825705a2bf0d79e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb39ffd3cc5422887fd118668ff45ebfdbc83302

History

Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix writeback error handling Fix the error handling in writeback_iter() loop. If an error occurs, writeback_iter() needs to be called again with *error set to the error so that it can clean up iteration state. Further, the current folio needs unlocking and redirtying.
Title		netfs: Fix writeback error handling
First Time appeared		Linux Linux linux Kernel
CPEs		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
Vendors & Products		Linux Linux linux Kernel
References		https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb33d959aabcde07d724b5eb9992462e91fa79a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89df9c158a25d0a7c6ca079a9bd9ca7009d75c7b https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5f95ac5d6d0f4c567b8b642825705a2bf0d79e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb39ffd3cc5422887fd118668ff45ebfdbc83302

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-08-15T05:56:02.722Z

Updated: 2026-08-15T05:56:02.722Z

Reserved: 2026-08-09T03:40:39.921Z

Link: CVE-2026-72364

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:09.823

Modified: 2026-08-15T06:22:09.823

Link: CVE-2026-72364

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