Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-31761
Published: May 2, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU128928
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-31761
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition in the mpu3050 gyroscope driver probe function when registering the iio device during device initialization. A local user can trigger concurrent access during initialization to cause a denial of service.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-31761
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/051ca43b0e0e4b66bfd349cd53ccf231ad1d69b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22487ef85f6dd9499ddf49b85a08afc50a3f1992
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a4537653d200fda2a8516083459f8ff6194f8fc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c05799449108fb0e0a6bd30e65fffc71e60db4d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59a317f8215674c8330817770497301bfb2c1b99
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92f18aa86302fe83e0726a1191015f427d4ff056
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/caec338f91469f0a70b68165185afa3abc994545
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc3de12a5612ee25df7fb549cb7b3e4cc8bfaf9c