Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-80932
Published: September 13, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU149458
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 0 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-80932
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 use-after-free condition.
The vulnerability exists due to improper workqueue synchronization in virtio_vsock_remove() when removing a virtio vsock device. A local user can trigger device removal while dependent work items are queued to cause a use-after-free condition.
The race involves tx_work, send_pkt_work, and rx_work.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-80932
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3