Improper access control in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53168
Published: June 26, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135612
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53168
CWE-ID: CWE-284
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 user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in fuse_notify_store() and fuse_notify_retrieve() when processing FUSE pagecache notification operations on directories. A remote user can issue crafted FUSE_NOTIFY_STORE or FUSE_NOTIFY_RETRIEVE operations on a directory inode to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects directory inodes that use kernel-internal pagecache storage.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53168
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12df4cfa738aefff21756728e91056d7defb0fe6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15487f98863dc7156ed43c5be26d478beb82ba35
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99c317d7f8b7bbf3de16d20a01f363e390114cea
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c954499d43aefac01c5dfb57a82b13d2dcf4b94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9dbf1b2fadfc6c40805631d8a8276d1639fc9ab6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd23fa0c16c5c86e5b7713224ffbb87d9db81cca
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd92773d4d9cea010474eb08a5133c14ff6ab53a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e692f0cb86204dcdb9dddc0b355407eda6394a67