Bug 2516487 (CVE-2026-72366) - CVE-2026-72366 kernel: netfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async cache object creation
Summary: CVE-2026-72366 kernel: netfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async ca...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72366
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:15 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-10-06 15:06 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:15:07 UTC
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().


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