Critical severity · published Aug 15, 2026
CVE-2026-72366
netfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async cache object creation
9.8
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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().
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 52% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Linux · Linux
7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 before aee03fbc8803a40d65e20f1af816a7219048a426; 7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 before 8ab75e445c161c4cb504aa98e20ce1dd1ecd8e9a; 7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 before 1188a9846fadeacf9d1430b528e5217f749d665b; 7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 before dbd6f56d975b23241b7bbb11bb8f562af548a0aa; 6.11 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72366
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72366
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1188a9846fadeacf9d1430b528e5217f749d665b
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ab75e445c161c4cb504aa98e20ce1dd1ecd8e9a
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee03fbc8803a40d65e20f1af816a7219048a426
git.kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbd6f56d975b23241b7bbb11bb8f562af548a0aa
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