CVE-2026-72355

CVE-2026-72355

Critical · published August 15, 2026

CVSS v3.1
9.8
EPSS
1%
Percentile
50.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00649 · 50.5th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (3)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:55Z
    netfs: Fix barriering when walking subrequest list
    cvelistv5