CVE-2026-98120: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix subreq ref leak Fix a subrequest ref leak in netfs_unbuffered_write() in the event that subreq->io_iter ends up zero length during preparation.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.18.17, before 6.18.53 (fixed in 6.18.53); from 6.19.7, before 6.20 (fixed in 6.20); from 7.0, before 7.2.7 (fixed in 7.2.7)

Published 2026-09-25. Last modified 2026-09-30.