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CVE-2026-64060netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.12%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 98% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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().
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.12% · top 98% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f – < 9192f304379187b396d56d6a1a406712c6bfa5a3
- affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f – < 22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb
- affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f – < 28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf
- affected 4090b31422a6f24dfe701e31ffec7ba5804a7e2f – < 5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14
- affected 5.18
- unaffected < 5.18
- unaffected 6.12.114 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.18.34 – ≤ 6.18.*
- unaffected 7.0.11 – ≤ 7.0.*
- unaffected 7.1 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9192f304379187b396d56d6a1a406712c6bfa5a3 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22ae28aae43623be235ff455558cdd13fbe2daeb (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/28686d6d8b60dc5bbae9ef6023ab2051d6c66cdf (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5046a34f0643441f05b0253ea64e1a3af87efe14 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-45633 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-64060)Record last updated .