CVE-2026-72368

A flaw was found in the cachefiles component of the Linux kernel. When a directory creation operation fails due to memory exhaustion, a double unlock of the parent directory lock occurs. This issue corrupts the read-write semaphore rwsem state, which can lead to system instability or a kernel...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72368

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and return...

CVE-2026-72368

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

CVE-2026-72368

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72368

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

CVE-2026-72368 cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomem_d_alloc error path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

CVE-2026-72368

In the Linux kernel, CVE-2026-72368 describes a double unlock in the nomem_d_alloc path of cachefiles: after start_creating() fails with -ENOMEM, __start_dirop() releases the parent lock, but nomem_d_alloc in cachefiles_get_directory() unconditionally unlocks d_inode(dir) again, corrupting the rw...

CVE-2026-72368 cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomem_d_alloc error path

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

EUVD-2026-59267

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

PT-2026-72556

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel affected versions not specified Description An issue exists in the cachefiles module where a double unlock occurs in the nomem d alloc error path. When the start creating function fails and returns -ENOMEM, the parent directory lo...

CVE-2026-72368: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix double unlock in nomemdalloc error path When startcreating fails and returns -ENOMEM, it has already released the parent directory lock in startdirop: static struct dentry startdirop... ... inodelocknesteddir,...

SUSE CVE-2026-64040

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer. This causes mkdirerror to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERRPTR0 NULL instead...

CVE-2026-64040

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's cachefiles subsystem. When the vfsmkdir function fails, the system does not correctly extract the error code from the returned error pointer. This improper handling can lead to a null pointer being returned instead of a valid error, potentially causing a...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-64040

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not...

CVE-2026-64040

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer. This causes mkdirerror to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERRPTR0 NULL instead...

CVE-2026-64040 cachefiles: Fix error return when vfs_mkdir() fails

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer. This causes mkdirerror to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERRPTR0 NULL instead...

CVE-2026-64040

A vulnerability exists in the Linux kernel where the cachefiles component fails to extract the error code from the pointer returned by vfs_mkdir() upon failure. This oversight causes the system to reach mkdir_error with a return value of 0, resulting in the return of ERR_PTR(0) (NULL) instead of ...

EUVD-2026-45613

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer. This causes mkdirerror to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERRPTR0 NULL instead...

CVE-2026-64040 cachefiles: Fix error return when vfs_mkdir() fails

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer. This causes mkdirerror to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERRPTR0 NULL instead...

CVE-2026-64040: Undefined Security Weakness

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cachefiles: Fix error return when vfsmkdir fails When vfsmkdir fails, the error code is not extracted from the returned error pointer. This causes mkdirerror to be reached with ret=0, which leads to returning ERRPTR0 NULL instead...