CVE-2026-72366

Summary

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().

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 < 8ab75e445c161c4cb504aa98e20ce1dd1ecd8e9aaffected
LinuxLinux7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 < 1188a9846fadeacf9d1430b528e5217f749d665baffected
LinuxLinux7b589a9b45ae32aa9d7bece597490e141198d7a6 < dbd6f56d975b23241b7bbb11bb8f562af548a0aaaffected
LinuxLinux6.11affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.11unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.40 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1.5 <= 7.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.2 <= *unaffected

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