Improper Check or Handling of Exceptional Conditions in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-92483
Published: September 18, 2026
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause repeated invocation of FLB retrieve callbacks after a failed retrieval.
The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling in luo_flb_retrieve_one() when retrieving another file registered with an FLB after a prior retrieval failure. A local user can attempt to retrieve another file registered with the same FLB to cause repeated invocation of FLB retrieve callbacks after a failed retrieval.
Affected software
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2026-92483
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.17
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1016.18
linux-oracle (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.16
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17
linux-hwe-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-42.42~24.04.1
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1017.17