Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-90020
Published: September 16, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU150273
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-90020
CWE-ID: CWE-362
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 a race condition in gadget_dev_ioctl() when handling ioctl requests concurrently with device binding. A local user can issue ioctl requests during a concurrent bind operation to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-90020
Install security update from vendor's repository.
External References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/162178ca83c3de986900385a0477eb539f8e1a7e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64ec019bf9a8b12f53b9f2777d65aadb730b5a84
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87cbf9410b12f5c2d659bb01e8ecf6517cb9f28c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8be30959be31b4205e3bdd2e2a6221f3a2ee7ea1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29a83c1ff3f06d5751f6d365b606c9f81ccc4cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd0eed9e165b1a6292f49e622e3dd0b7d99b106d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e8219accce2f6d3502ed71f5b5e854ecf27249a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebd916fdfefaacbc0e577f7037ec96b31a105e5f