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netfs: Fix double put of request

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix double put of request If a netfs request finishes during the pause loop, it will have the ref that belongs to the IN_PROGRESS flag removed at that point - however, if it then goes to the final wait loop, that will *also* put the ref because it sees that the IN_PROGRESS flag is clear and incorrectly assumes that this happened when it called the collector. In fact, since IN_PROGRESS is clear, we shouldn't call the collector again since it's done all the cleanup, such as calling ->ki_complete(). Fix this by making netfs_collect_in_app() just return, indicating that we're done if IN_PROGRESS is removed.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.15.6
CVEs
CVE-2025-38411
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 03:28 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

netfs: Fix double put of request

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2025, 13:20 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix double put of request If a netfs request finishes during the pause loop, it will have the ref that belongs to the IN_PROGRESS flag removed at that point - however, if it then goes to the final wait loop, that will *also* put the ref because it sees that the IN_PROGRESS flag is clear and incorrectly assumes that this happened when it called the collector. In fact, since IN_PROGRESS is clear, we shouldn't call the collector again since it's done all the cleanup, such as calling ->ki_complete(). Fix this by making netfs_collect_in_app() just return, indicating that we're done if IN_PROGRESS is removed.

osv:CVE-2025-38411

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.15.6

Complete source record
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