CVE-2026-98120: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix subreq ref leak Fix a subrequest ref leak in netfs_unbuffer

Executive brief

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

netfs: Fix subreq ref leak

Fix a subrequest ref leak in netfs_unbuffered_write() in the event that subreq->io_iter ends up zero length during preparation.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a573f4283a965a5e8716f621aec404cb4575328
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c30087e27598d9d359763e8be9bd3017fe08348