Published Jul 19, 2026Sources checked Oct 28, 2026
5.5MEDIUMCVSS out of 10
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Review the available evidence
CVE-2026-64060 and is rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5. It is not in the current CISA KEV record we collected. That does not prove exploitation has not occurred.
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Vendor revision: Sep 24, 2026
Release Notes
CISA KEVNot listedBased on the latest collected catalog
EPSS0.1%Estimated 30-day exploitation probability
Ransomware useNot markedCISA KEV ransomware field
Threat actors0Source-linked actor relationships
Overview
What is CVE-2026-64060?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfs: Fix leak of request in netfs_write_begin() error handling
Fix netfs_write_begin() to not leak our ref on the request in the event that we get an error from netfs_wait_for_read().