Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31576

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU127817

Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31576

Published: April 25, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU127817
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-2026-31576
CWE-ID: CWE-416
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 use-after-free in the hackrf driver when handling ioctl and release operations on an already-open device file after device unregistration. A local user can keep a device file descriptor open and trigger ioctl or close operations to cause a denial of service.

New open() calls are blocked after device unregistration, but already-open file descriptors and in-flight I/O remain valid until the final reference is released.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Debian Linux
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 High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
Legacy Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Ubuntu
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package)
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kernel-devel-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-syms
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-docs
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-base
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-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux (Debian package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-31576

Install security update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_18-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.5.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_73-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.4
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.184.155, 5.15.0-184.194, 5.15.0-184.194~20.04.1, 5.15.0.186.166, 5.15.0-186.196, 5.15.0-186.196~20.04.1, 5.15.0.1075.78, 5.15.0-1075.79, 5.15.0.1095.94, 5.15.0-1095.103, 5.15.0.1104.100, 5.15.0-1104.109, 5.15.0.1108.107, 5.15.0-1108.114, 5.15.0.1111.115, 5.15.0-1111.120+fips1, 5.15.0.1112.102, 5.15.0.1112.109, 5.15.0-1112.122, 5.15.0-1112.122+fips1, 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, 7.0.0-27.27
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.186.109, 5.15.0-186.196+fips1, 5.15.0.1106.103, 5.15.0-1106.110, 5.15.0.1107.107, 5.15.0-1107.108, 5.15.0.1112.108, 5.15.0.1112.115, 5.15.0-1112.119, 5.15.0-1112.119+fips1, 5.15.0-1112.119~20.04.1, 6.8.0-1061.64+1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1053.53, 5.15.0.1053.55, 5.15.0.1064.64, 5.15.0-1064.66
linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - update to 5.15.0-1064.66~20.04.1
linux-intel-iot-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1104.106, 5.15.0.1104.108, 5.15.0-1107.113~20.04.1
linux-intel-iotg (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1107.106, 5.15.0-1107.113
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1109.105, 5.15.0-1109.115, 5.15.0.1117.115, 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1063.71, 6.8.0-1063.71~22.04.1, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure-5.15 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1109.115~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1117.126~20.04.2
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0.1117.102, 5.15.0-1117.126+fips1, 6.8.0-1063.71+fips2
linux-azure-fde (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 5.15.0-1117.126, 6.8.0-1062.69
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.67.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.73.2.150700.17.41.4
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, 7.0.0-1013.13
linux-aws-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64+fips1, 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
linux-azure-fde-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1062.69~22.04.1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.72+fips1
linux (Debian package) - update to 6.12.85-1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14

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