CVE-2026-98120 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

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Linux Subscribe	Linux Kernel Subscribe

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Workaround

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References

Link	Providers
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebefb12122d1319257ecac01c1a928f78007716a

History

Fri, 25 Sep 2026 10:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		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.
Title		netfs: Fix subreq ref leak
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/0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebefb12122d1319257ecac01c1a928f78007716a

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2026-09-25T10:36:04.129Z

Updated: 2026-09-25T10:36:04.129Z

Reserved: 2026-09-25T10:25:14.318Z

Link: CVE-2026-98120

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NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-09-25T11:17:43.253

Modified: 2026-09-25T11:17:43.253

Link: CVE-2026-98120

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