Bug 2516661 (CVE-2026-72364) - CVE-2026-72364 kernel: netfs: Fix writeback error handling
Summary: CVE-2026-72364 kernel: netfs: Fix writeback error handling
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-72364
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Reported: 2026-08-15 06:24 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-19 14:28 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-15 06:24:31 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs: Fix writeback error handling

Fix the error handling in writeback_iter() loop.  If an error occurs,
writeback_iter() needs to be called again with *error set to the error so
that it can clean up iteration state.  Further, the current folio needs
unlocking and redirtying.


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