In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iomap: release pages on atomic dio size mismatch If bio_iov_iter_get_pages() or the bounce helper succeeds but builds a short bio, the REQ_ATOMIC size check rejects it before submission. The old error path only dropped the bio reference, leaving any pages already attached to the bio unreleased. Release or unbounce the pages before falling through to out_put_bio on this error path. This bug was reported by sashiko: https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260608073134.95964-1-changfengnan%40bytedance.com

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's `iomap` subsystem. When handling atomic direct I/O (DIO) operations, if a bio (a data structure representing I/O requests) is built with a size mismatch and subsequently rejected, the kernel's error handling path fails to release the associated memory pages. This oversight can lead to a resource leak, potentially causing memory exhaustion and a Denial of Service (DoS) condition on the affected system.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Fix deferred kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Not affected kernel-rt Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Not affected kernel-rt https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-72370 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72370 https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081515-CVE-2026-72370-d161@gregkh/T