{"cve":"CVE-2026-72366","nvd":{"published":"2026-08-15T06:22:10.017","modified":"2026-10-21T13:19:35.900","status":"Received","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfs: Fix netfs_create_write_req() to handle async cache object creation\n\nnetfs_create_write_req() will skip caching if the fscache cookie is\ndisabled, but this is a problem because async cache object creation might\nnot have got far enough yet that has been enabled - thereby causing the\ncall to fscache_begin_write_operation() to be skipped.\n\nFix this by removing the checks on the cookie and delegating this to\nfscache_begin_write_operation().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":9.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1188a9846fadeacf9d1430b528e5217f749d665b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ab75e445c161c4cb504aa98e20ce1dd1ecd8e9a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aee03fbc8803a40d65e20f1af816a7219048a426","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbd6f56d975b23241b7bbb11bb8f562af548a0aa"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-22T16:41:11.231219466+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-72366","score":0.00671,"percentile":0.51748,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}