CVE-2026-74330

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: configfs: fix lockless traversals of ->s_children Having the parent directory locked protects entries from removal by another thread, but it does *not* protect cursors from being moved around by lseek() - or freed, for that matter.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/459860529c109c5ce08b81c0776ca1200eaaeb4a
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637ef4961470e04455102b34ac484a34d8eca0a4
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77fd6f50f633a52c2db061e7d71d8cb486b0265e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f289728ec706b7ff1ca0ee845dd73ff2253488
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9e8bb81c41fd27e7b57a1c936fde140548535f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e57e2863872e82e7c7237bc32299f67ebebc543
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b166ab78dc3f48e83d2c80bdfde4159b31fdc5fb
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6d93108e0a27d7e6f95c7e45017d14ba2900d32

Configurations

No configuration.

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2026-08-15 06:22

Updated : 2026-08-17 06:19

NVD link : CVE-2026-74330

Mitre link : CVE-2026-74330

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-74330

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Products Affected

No product.

CWE

No CWE.

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