Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97941
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152532
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-97941
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 involving an ABA problem in __slab_try_return_freelist() in mm/slub.c when concurrently returning slab freelists. A local user can trigger concurrent slab allocation and freeing operations to cause a denial of service.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-97941
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3