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CVE-2026-72356: cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_issue_read()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.63% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 50.1% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765, 86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826, b9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05c.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765, 86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826, b9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05c or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: Fix missing credit release on failure in cifs_issue_read() Fix missing release of credits in the failure path in cifs_issue_read() lest retrying the subreq just overwrites the credits value.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Aug 15, 2026
Updated
Aug 17, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 50th percentile
CWE
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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CNA vs NVD score

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CNA · Linux
7.5
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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.10affected
    • 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 and later · before b9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05caffected · git
    • 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 and later · before 86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826affected · git
    • 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 and later · before 3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765affected · git
    • 69c3c023af25edb5433a2db824d3e7cc328f0183 and later · before c16b8c4cfb4fe2244cc33e469a93c1ab8684146baffected · git
    • before 6.10not affected · semver
    • 6.12.97 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
    • 6.18.40 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver
    • 7.1.5 and later · up to and including 7.1.*not affected · semver
    • 7.2 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.100-16.12.100-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 7.1.5-17.1.5-1

Same product

linux: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-74705udp: fix potential use-after-free in tunnel segmentation
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74612veth: fix skb length accounting after XDP frag adjustment
    40Plan
  • CVE-2026-74475vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-72354Aug 15, 2026 · ntfs: avoid stale runlist element dereference in MFT writeback
    35Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-72355Aug 15, 2026 · netfs: Fix barriering when walking subrequest list
    39Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-72357Aug 15, 2026 · uprobes/x86: Use proper mm_struct in __in_uprobe_trampoline
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux3a303f985c6bec8787c2ad4a16b39c14c5bcd765Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux86652704a7fd41a5a8459027e08640bbd1952826Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxb9ee1f0347bf56d019ca28ddff090234bb45b05cVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc16b8c4cfb4fe2244cc33e469a93c1ab8684146bVendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.12.100-1 · Debian:13Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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