Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64111

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Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64111

Published: July 20, 2026


Vulnerability identifier: #VU138527
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-64111
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass security restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking in lsm_set_self_attr() when setting a process security attribute. A local user can invoke the syscall while the process is being ptraced to bypass security restrictions.

This affects SELinux and AppArmor checks related to ptrace during security context transitions.


Affected software

Linux kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
kernel (Red Hat package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2026-64111

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-139.139+fips1, 6.8.0-1049.53, 6.8.0-1062.65+fips1, 6.8.0-1062.65.1, 6.8.0-1062.65~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1062.70, 6.8.0-1064.68, 6.8.0-1067.75, 6.8.0-1067.75+fips1, 6.8.1-1059.60, 6.8.1-1059.60~22.04.1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-139.139.1, 6.8.0-139.139.1~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1035.38
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1036.37, 6.8.0-1064.65, 6.8.0-1067.75~22.04.1
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1061.64, 6.8.0-1061.64~22.04.1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1064.67+fips1
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1064.67~22.04.1, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1067.75, 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.75+fips1
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1067.75~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-2053.55
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 6.12.0-211.55.1.el10_2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-oracle-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1011.11~24.04.1
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

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