Bug 2541336 (CVE-2026-98120) - CVE-2026-98120 kernel: netfs: Fix subreq ref leak
Summary: CVE-2026-98120 kernel: netfs: Fix subreq ref leak
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-98120
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-25 11:27 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-28 13:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-25 11:27:17 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs: Fix subreq ref leak

Fix a subrequest ref leak in netfs_unbuffered_write() in the event that
subreq->io_iter ends up zero length during preparation.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2026-09-28 13:03:14 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-98120.mbox
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