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netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.106, 6.18.34, 7.0.11
CVEs
CVE-2026-64216
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
8 Nov 2026, 03:32 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

netfs: Fix potential UAF in netfs_unlock_abandoned_read_pages()

core-osv · Original source

Published 24 Jul 2026, 15:23 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-64216

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.106, 6.18.34, 7.0.11

Complete source record
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