Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-64015
Published: July 20, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU138629
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-2026-64015
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 find_key_to_update in the keyring code when looking up keys for update without holding the RCU read lock. A local user can trigger concurrent key lookup and garbage-collection activity to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects persistent key handling, which uses a different locking model.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-64015
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43a1e3744548e6fd85873e6fb43e293eb4010694
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c5d407ba3ff7f30561ff73ba1b07ed70c864edc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50bb3435a5e627bfbdc52eb4536f49f88b3486b8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5659e6923cb72f8e18e8b539109ab512455fe195
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66288dcadf80974436250e9f70ed848836b835b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cefa4265b11176c897a7d9e8e54d89e3701c5584