CVE Catalog
CVE-2026-72355
CriticalCVSS 9.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk0.20%
10th percentile - higher than 10% of all known CVEs
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the netfs module has a barriering issue when walking the subrequest list during retry. There is a possibility of seeing a subrequest that was just added by the application thread.
Risk Assessment
The risk includes potential errors in network I/O operations, which could lead to incorrect data processing or system crashes.
Recommendation
Apply the patch that improves barriering when walking the subrequest list to avoid races.
Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix barriering when walking subrequest list Fix the barriering used when walking the subrequest list in retry as there's a possibility of seeing a subreq that's just been added by the application thread.