# CVE-2025-38411: netfs: Fix double put of request

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.15.6
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: from 6.15.3, fixed in 6.15.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix double put of request If a netfs request finishes during the pause loop, it will have the ref that belongs to the IN_PROGRESS flag removed at that point - however, if it then goes to the final wait loop, that will *also* put the ref because it sees that the IN_PROGRESS flag is clear and incorrectly assumes that this happened when it called the collector. In fact, since IN_PROGRESS is clear, we shouldn't call the collector again since it's done all the cleanup, such as calling ->ki_complete(). Fix this by making netfs_collect_in_app() just return, indicating that we're done if IN_PROGRESS is removed.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (6.15.6) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18facba5a5795ad44b2a00a052e3db2fa77ab12
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df7b5ebead649b00bf9a53a798e4bf83a1318fd

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