Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-97942
Published: September 28, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU152533
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-2026-97942
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 the x86 alternatives patching code when text poking races with change_page_attr operations on a shared execmem range. A local user can trigger concurrent text-poking and page-attribute operations to cause a denial of service.
Exploitation requires CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_EXECMEM_ROX to be enabled.
Affected software
Linux kernel
How to mitigate CVE-2026-97942
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3