CVE-2026-43106

EUVD-2026-27622
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cachefiles: fix incorrect dentry refcount in cachefiles_cull()

The patch mentioned below changed cachefiles_bury_object() to expect 2
references to the 'rep' dentry.  Three of the callers were changed to
use start_removing_dentry() which takes an extra reference so in those
cases the call gets the expected references.

However there is another call to cachefiles_bury_object() in
cachefiles_cull() which did not need to be changed to use
start_removing_dentry() and so was not properly considered.
It still passed the dentry with just one reference so the net result is
that a reference is lost.

To meet the expectations of cachefiles_bury_object(), cachefiles_cull()
must take an extra reference before the call.  It will be dropped by
cachefiles_bury_object().
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 1%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.14
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc5
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc6
linuxlinux_kernel
7.0:rc7
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.174-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.257-1
fixed
forky
7.0.12-2
fixed
sid
7.0.13-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.94-1
fixed