CVE-2026-72364

high

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb39ffd3cc5422887fd118668ff45ebfdbc83302

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac5f95ac5d6d0f4c567b8b642825705a2bf0d79e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89df9c158a25d0a7c6ca079a9bd9ca7009d75c7b

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bb33d959aabcde07d724b5eb9992462e91fa79a

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00209