Description
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().
INFO
Published Date :
2026-05-06T07:40:34.365Z
Last Modified :
2026-05-08T12:40:33.663Z
Source :
Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS
The following products are affected by CVE-2026-43106 vulnerability.
| Vendors | Products |
|---|---|
| Linux |
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