CVE-2026-97610

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write() If preparation of the first subrequest fails, netfs_unbuffered_write() exits its loop before ret is initialized. The empty-iterator check can do the same. For synchronous writes, netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked() may then return an unrelated error instead of wreq->error. This is reachable through CIFS if cifs_prepare_write() fails to reopen the file or obtain credits. Initialize ret to 0 so the caller returns wreq->error if no data was written, or the number of bytes already written otherwise. Found with Clang's -Wconditional-uninitialized.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2026-09-25 11:17:15.100000

Last modified

2026-10-19 10:17:31.027000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-97610",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2026-09-25T11:17:15.100",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T10:17:31.027",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfs: Fix uninitialized return value in netfs_unbuffered_write()\n\nIf preparation of the first subrequest fails,\nnetfs_unbuffered_write() exits its loop before ret is initialized. The\nempty-iterator check can do the same.\n\nFor synchronous writes, netfs_unbuffered_write_iter_locked() may then\nreturn an unrelated error instead of wreq->error. This is reachable\nthrough CIFS if cifs_prepare_write() fails to reopen the file or obtain\ncredits.\n\nInitialize ret to 0 so the caller returns wreq->error if no data was\nwritten, or the number of bytes already written otherwise.\n\nFound with Clang's -Wconditional-uninitialized."
    }
  ],
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