Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80642
Published: August 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU146155
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80642
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in the liveupdate incoming FLB data handling when subsystems retain incoming FLB data for extended use during a live update. A local user can trigger access to freed FLB data to cause a denial of service.
The issue can arise during device enumeration while incoming File-Lifecycle-Bound data is being held beyond its initial retrieval.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-80642
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3