Bug 2516409 (CVE-2026-72356) - CVE-2026-72356 kernel: cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_issue_read()
Summary: CVE-2026-72356 kernel: cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_is...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72356
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: 2026-08-18 09:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:10:59 UTC 
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.
Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-08-18 09:21:36 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081513-CVE-2026-72356-350b@gregkh/T
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