CVE-2026-64216CWE-416

CVE-2026-64216

Critical · published July 24, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
38.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages()

netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages(rreq) accesses the index of the folios it

is wanting to unlock and compares that to rreq->no_unlock_folio so that it

doesn't unlock a folio being read for netfs_perform_write() or

netfs_write_begin().

However, given that netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages() is called _after_

NETFS_RREQ_IN_PROGRESS is cleared, the one folio that it's not allowed to

dereference is the one specified by ->no_unlock_folio as ownership

immediately reverts to the caller.

Fix this by storing the folio pointer instead and using that rather than

the index. Also fix netfs_unlock_read_folio() where the same applies.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
9.8 · CRITICAL
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00457 · 38.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-07-24T20:16Z
Affected products (6)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.12, < 6.18.346.18.34
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 7.0.117.0.11
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References (4)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUL 15:23Z
    netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages()
    cvelistv5