CVE-2025-38139 netfs: Fix oops in write-retry from mis-resetting the subreq iterator

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix oops in write-retry from mis-resetting the subreq iterator Fix the resetting of the subrequest iterator in netfsretrywritestream to use the iterator-reset function as the iterator may have been shortened by a previous...

Troubleshooting Retries on Provisioned Virtual Machines

What is a retry? When a target streams a vDisk image, it does so by requesting blocks of data from the PVS server, which in turn replies with the requested data. This data is broken down into several packets called fragments. A retry occurs when a target device requests data from the PVS server a...