---
id: CVE-2026-72363
title: 'netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under writeback iteration'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under writeback iteration

  Fix the state of the current folio when ENOMEM occurs during writeback
  iteration.  The folio needs…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= e0186fa7436e55db10cecc2308749e2a877269a5 <
    f75d7b10ec080cc15fe21092d9b5c6b2bc55260a
  - >-
    Linux >= 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d <
    a9b89752c2726e88ea67994fb97a0316b24d30b7
  - >-
    Linux >= 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d <
    1a4421c7a5611db554328f721a4f7642440b44bd
  - >-
    Linux >= 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d <
    b6a713fd34b9498ee2164d5d3e8460732a392efc
  - Linux 6.14
published: '2026-08-15'
updated: '2026-10-21'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-21T12:44:40.702Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72363'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f75d7b10ec080cc15fe21092d9b5c6b2bc55260a'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a9b89752c2726e88ea67994fb97a0316b24d30b7'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a4421c7a5611db554328f721a4f7642440b44bd'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6a713fd34b9498ee2164d5d3e8460732a392efc'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00206
epssPercentile: 0.10102
ingestedAt: '2026-10-21T12:48:53.591Z'
---

## Overview

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

netfs: Fix folio state after ENOMEM whilst under writeback iteration

Fix the state of the current folio when ENOMEM occurs during writeback
iteration.  The folio needs to be redirtied and unlocked before the
terminal writeback_iter() is invoked.

## Affected

- `Linux >= e0186fa7436e55db10cecc2308749e2a877269a5 < f75d7b10ec080cc15fe21092d9b5c6b2bc55260a`
- `Linux >= 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d < a9b89752c2726e88ea67994fb97a0316b24d30b7`
- `Linux >= 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d < 1a4421c7a5611db554328f721a4f7642440b44bd`
- `Linux >= 06fa229ceb36898e68022b5654c017d2c6582d7d < b6a713fd34b9498ee2164d5d3e8460732a392efc`
- `Linux 6.14`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.