CVE-2026-64067
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel's netfs subsystem, missing memory barriers were found when accessing the stream->subrequests list without locks. Reader functions may see incomplete data because the NETFS_SREQ_IN_PROGRESS flag might not be visible yet. The fix adds proper release/acquire barriers to list operations.
Risk Assessment
Lack of synchronization can cause a data race where subrequests are considered completed before the progress flag is actually set. This may lead to incorrect network I/O operations, data loss, or system crashes.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit adding list_add_tail_release and list_first_entry_or_null_acquire). Monitor official security advisories from your Linux distribution.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix missing barriers when accessing stream->subrequests locklessly The list of subrequests attached to stream->subrequests is accessed without locks by netfs_collect_read_results() and netfs_collect_write_results(), and then they access subreq->flags without taking a barrier after getting the subreq pointer from the list. Relatedly, the functions that build the list don't use any sort of write barrier when constructing the list to make sure that the NETFS_SREQ_IN_PROGRESS flag is perceived to be set first if no lock is taken. Fix this by: (1) Add a new list_add_tail_release() function that uses a release barrier to set the pointer to the new member of the list. (2) Add a new list_first_entry_or_null_acquire() function that uses an acquire barrier to read the pointer to the first member in a list (or return NULL). (3) Use list_add_tail_release() when adding a subreq to ->subrequests. (4) Use list_first_entry_or_null_acquire() when initially accessing the front of the list (when an item is removed, the pointer to the new front iterm is obtained under the same lock).

