Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31519

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU127629

Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31519

Published: April 24, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU127629
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31519
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in btrfs subvolume lookup and orphan cleanup handling when looking up a subvolume after dentry cache eviction with concurrent delayed iputs and unlink activity. A local user can trigger concurrent filesystem operations to cause a denial of service.

The issue can result in a negative dentry being created for a valid subvolume, causing filesystem operations on that subvolume to fail and potentially abort the filesystem.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_15-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default
linux (Debian package)
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-docs
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-source
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-syms
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-devel
kernel-default-base
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-31519

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_15-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_54-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_15-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_55-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
linux (Debian package) - addressed in versions 6.1.170-1, 6.12.85-1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.54.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.55.1.150700.17.33.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136, 6.8.0-1046.50, 6.8.0-1059.67, 6.8.0-1064.72, 6.8.0-1064.72~22.04.1, 6.8.1-1056.57, 6.8.1-1056.57~22.04.2
linux-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-136.136+fips2, 6.8.0-136.136.2, 6.8.0-136.136.2~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1058.61
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-136.136~22.04.1
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.31, 6.8.0-1033.34, 6.8.0-1061.62, 6.8.0-1061.62~22.04.1
linux-oracle-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1058.61~22.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1059.62, 6.8.0-1059.62.1, 6.8.0-1059.62~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1, 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1061.64+1
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1

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