CVE-2026-74542

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix folio_queue ENOMEM in writeback by adding a mempool Fix the handling of folio_queue allocation failure in writeback by adding a mempool and passing in gfp_t flags to the rolling buffer functions that allocate memory, using the mempool if gfp != GFP_KERNEL. This is then extended upwards and the gfp to be used for a request is stored in the netfs_io_request struct and is then used for both requests and subrequests, eliminating the sleeping loops there. The failure caused: folio != NULL WARNING: fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603 at netfs_writepages+0x883/0xa10 fs/netfs/write_issue.c:603, CPU#3: syz.0.17/5919

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References

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d78d56c43ef3768183e8370e7367b162700e049
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f6d7f8a5416d852648d15a05e895f1195ee8a85

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Information

Published : 2026-08-15 13:17

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-74542

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74542

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74542

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