# CVE-2026-31435: netfs: Fix read abandonment during retry

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.18.21, 6.19.11
- Published: 2026-04-22 · Updated: 2026-10-19

## Affected

- Linux: from ee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e, fixed in 3e5fd8f53b575ff2188f82071da19c977ca56c41; from ee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e, fixed in 8f2f2bd128a8d9edbc1e785760da54ada3df69b7; from ee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e, fixed in 7e57523490cd2efb52b1ea97f2e0a74c0fb634cd
- Linux: 6.12
- Kernel (Linux): from 6.12.0, fixed in 6.18.21; from 6.19.0, fixed in 6.19.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix read abandonment during retry Under certain circumstances, all the remaining subrequests from a read request will get abandoned during retry. The abandonment process expects the 'subreq' variable to be set to the place to start abandonment from, but it doesn't always have a useful value (it will be uninitialised on the first pass through the loop and it may point to a deleted subrequest on later passes). Fix the first jump to "abandon:" to set subreq to the start of the first subrequest expected to need retry (which, in this abandonment case, turned out unexpectedly to no longer have NEED_RETRY set). Also clear the subreq pointer after discarding superfluous retryable subrequests to cause an oops if we do try to access it.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e5fd8f53b575ff2188f82071da19c977ca56c41
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f2f2bd128a8d9edbc1e785760da54ada3df69b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e57523490cd2efb52b1ea97f2e0a74c0fb634cd

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