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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-72355 (CRITICAL 9.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix barriering when walking subrequest list Fix the barriering used when walking the subrequest list in retry as there's a possibility of seeing a subreq that's just been added by the application thread.

[NVD] CVE-2026-72355 (CRITICAL 9.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix barriering when walking subrequest list Fix the barriering used when walking the subrequest list in retry as there's a possibility of seeing a subreq that's just been added by the application thread.

lownvdPublished 2026-08-15

CVE-2026-72355 CVSS: 9.8 CRITICAL Published: 2026-08-15T06:22:08.960

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

netfs: Fix barriering when walking subrequest list

Fix the barriering used when walking the subrequest list in retry as there's a possibility of seeing a subreq that's just been added by the application thread.

Indicators of compromise

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72355