Bug 2516390 (CVE-2026-72363) - CVE-2026-72363 kernel: netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under writeback iteration
Summary: CVE-2026-72363 kernel: netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under write...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72363
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:10 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 14:23 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:10:00 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under writeback iteration

Fix the state of the current folio when ENOMEM occurs during writeback
iteration.  The folio needs to be redirtied and unlocked before the
terminal writeback_iter() is invoked.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-08-19 14:18:03 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081514-CVE-2026-72363-5e8b@gregkh/T
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