CVE-2026-98120 is a vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Published on September 25, 2026
netfs: Fix subreq ref leak
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.
Products Associated with CVE-2026-98120
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Affected Versions
Linux:- Version 72d08d2839649d1c5efbe375751f4473fa4486af and below ebefb12122d1319257ecac01c1a928f78007716a is affected.
- Version a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 and below 0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328 is affected.
- Version a0b4c7a49137ed21279f354eb59f49ddae8dffc2 and below 3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348 is affected.
- Version 0c29f6d63122a0168d67cb8ecde5b4cf7fe4acb0 is affected.
- Version 6.18.17 and below 6.18.53 is affected.
- Version 6.19.7 and below 6.20 is affected.
- Version 7.0 is affected.
- Before 7.0 is unaffected.
- Version 6.18.53, <= 6.18.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.2.7, <= 7.2.* is unaffected.
- Version 7.3-rc3, <= * is unaffected.