CVE-2026-72356

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_issue_read() Fix missing release of credits in the failure path in cifs_issue_read() lest retrying the subreq just overwrites the credits value.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c16b8c4cfb4fe2244cc33e469a93c1ab8684146b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05c

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209