Bug 2502507 (CVE-2026-64060) - CVE-2026-64060 kernel: netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling
Summary: CVE-2026-64060 kernel: netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() erro...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-64060
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-19 17:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-07-20 15:17 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 17:03:09 UTC 
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().
Comment 1 TEJ RATHI 2026-07-20 15:09:09 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071910-CVE-2026-64060-4633@gregkh/T
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