Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53181
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135606
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53181
CWE-ID: CWE-664
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in vmci_transport_recv_listen() when handling failed connection handshakes. A remote attacker can send malformed packets that trigger repeated handshake failures to cause a denial of service.
The issue can permanently prevent the listener from accepting new connections until the affected process is restarted.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53181
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22c587aa3ab1ab5264daff3ec32136fd30436c13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9698582a4dd9c4a05889d7db96d4c0edc9e69cac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9ad6015937a5e46ba1a31370e3efdec8abbdcc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcb275626055df7f8f947f1a349754b4004d9a15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c05fa14db43ebef3bd862ca9d073981c0358b3f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf7090e255d74c4b61c51f8ede9fcacdd8393b5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dfd853197615d322d3a88dbcab91fc0fd2096219
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea0b03d52881c12a8c634ea0d6cbfa61cefdb488