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CVE-2026-72218 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: lockd: Plug nlm_file refcount leak on cached nlm_do_fopen() failure The cached-file path in nlm_lookup_file() reaches the found: label unconditionally, even when nlm_do_fopen() fails. At that label *result and file->f_count are updated before the error is returned. The wrappers nlm3svc_lookup_file() and nlm4svc_lookup_file() then bail out of their switch without copying *result back to their caller, so the proc handler's local nlm_file pointer remains NULL and the cleanup path skips nlm_release_file(). The f_count increment is never released, and nlm_traverse_files() can no longer reap the file because its refcount never returns to zero between requests. Short-circuit the cached path so neither *result nor f_count is touched when nlm_do_fopen() fails on a hashed nlm_file.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5c55a19cad62f2973be25fe96a1a9e7f618e8a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d59ff421824b6483549d87f14efffbbbd1f6cb kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cd84cefd8b73e85b9eda17b319bd40a670f3a38 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a38f87bed7f0694fd07988b47b2db1e10d8df3 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce4c23e783e766507b2cef27bbf97e9ca944f1a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84008bf1860e0ef8059a7583a1163f36b704d08a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3420c047957e565101585bb4f15e1a6e3de6b0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe3b45b56b6c3d4b6b341de27fa291005287a21c kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2026-72218
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2026
NVD Last Modified:
08/15/2026
Source:
kernel.org