CVE-2026-98119

{"id": "CVE-2026-98119", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "impactScore": 3.6, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8}]}, "affected": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "affectedData": [{"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "288ace2f57c9d06dd2e42bd80d03747d879a4068", "lessThan": "cf6f93b8b06acf57de62dacbe71a3b99c68656a7", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "288ace2f57c9d06dd2e42bd80d03747d879a4068", "lessThan": "19f246c795e940dc5f11cd5bc0cb1e81bc7b7090", "versionType": "git"}, {"status": "affected", "version": "288ace2f57c9d06dd2e42bd80d03747d879a4068", "lessThan": "8fb45a934661419c04a44d4cfea1e0df7dcf2805", "versionType": "git"}], "programFiles": ["fs/netfs/direct_write.c", "fs/netfs/write_issue.c"], "defaultStatus": "unaffected"}, {"repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "vendor": "Linux", "product": "Linux", "versions": [{"status": "affected", "version": "6.10"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "versionType": "semver"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "6.18.53", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.2.7", "versionType": "semver", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.2.*"}, {"status": "unaffected", "version": "7.3", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix", "lessThanOrEqual": "*"}], "programFiles": ["fs/netfs/direct_write.c", "fs/netfs/write_issue.c"], "defaultStatus": "affected"}]}], "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:43.140", "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19f246c795e940dc5f11cd5bc0cb1e81bc7b7090", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fb45a934661419c04a44d4cfea1e0df7dcf2805", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf6f93b8b06acf57de62dacbe71a3b99c68656a7", "tags": ["Patch"], "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}], "vulnStatus": "Analyzed", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "CWE-476"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfs: break unbuffered write when netfs_alloc_subrequest() fails\n\nsyzbot reported a null-ptr-deref below [1] following a fault injection in\nnetfs_alloc_subrequest(). [0]\n\nWhen netfs_alloc_subrequest() fails, subreq is NULL.\nLater, netfs_prepare_write() tries to initialize members of\nsubreq(e.g., source), the issue in [1] is triggered.\n\nLet's handle the error of netfs_prepare_write() properly.\n\n[0]\nFAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.\nname failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0\nCall Trace:\n netfs_alloc_subrequest+0x116/0x3f0\n netfs_prepare_write+0x76/0x7b0\n netfs_unbuffered_write+0x75c/0x2020\n netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked+0x7d6/0xa80\n netfs_unbuffered_write_iter+0x442/0x720\n v9fs_file_write_iter+0xbf/0x100\n vfs_write+0x6ac/0x1050\n\n[1]\nKASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x00000000000000a8-0x00000000000000af]\nRIP: 0010:netfs_prepare_write+0xbc/0x7b0 fs/netfs/write_issue.c:173\nCall Trace:\n netfs_unbuffered_write+0x75c/0x2020 fs/netfs/direct_write.c:111\n netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked+0x7d6/0xa80 fs/netfs/direct_write.c:290\n netfs_unbuffered_write_iter+0x442/0x720 fs/netfs/direct_write.c:382\n v9fs_file_write_iter+0xbf/0x100 fs/9p/vfs_file.c:409\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:595 [inline]"}], "lastModified": "2026-10-26T18:36:45.120", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7F5A55DD-A705-4265-8B89-11220B904283", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.53", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "19917B2D-B4B2-4416-A482-9C7C4929A921", "versionEndExcluding": "7.2.7", "versionStartIncluding": "6.19"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "11E35E1B-5DB4-4AB9-9706-CD73B799EADF"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.3:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "14FD7B9A-4946-4511-8E63-6E13870CD4A8"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}