CVE-2026-72366

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async cache object creation netfs_create_write_req() will skip caching if the fscache cookie is disabled, but this is a problem because async cache object creation might not have got far enough yet that has been enabled - thereby causing the call to fscache_begin_write_operation() to be skipped. Fix this by removing the checks on the cookie and delegating this to fscache_begin_write_operation().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbd6f56d975b23241b7bbb11bb8f562af548a0aa

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ab75e445c161c4cb504aa98e20ce1dd1ecd8e9a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1188a9846fadeacf9d1430b528e5217f749d665b

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-08-15

Updated: 2026-08-15

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

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

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: 0.00206