CVE-2026-74330configfs: fix lockless traversals of ->s_children
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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
- 7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weakness (CWE)
- Not given
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- Not loaded for this CVE
- Assigned by
- Linux
- NVD analysis
- Received
- Record last updated
- Oct 16, 2026
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 9, 2026
Affected products
Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name) | from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before 77fd6f50f633a52c2db061e7d71d8cb486b0265e; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before 91f289728ec706b7ff1ca0ee845dd73ff2253488; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before b166ab78dc3f48e83d2c80bdfde4159b31fdc5fb; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before 9e57e2863872e82e7c7237bc32299f67ebebc543; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before 459860529c109c5ce08b81c0776ca1200eaaeb4a; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before 637ef4961470e04455102b34ac484a34d8eca0a4; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before e6d93108e0a27d7e6f95c7e45017d14ba2900d32; from 6f61076406251626be39651d114fac412b1e0c39 before 9b9e8bb81c41fd27e7b57a1c936fde140548535f | CNA record |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/77fd6f50f633a52c2db061e7d71d8cb486b0265e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91f289728ec706b7ff1ca0ee845dd73ff2253488
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b166ab78dc3f48e83d2c80bdfde4159b31fdc5fb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e57e2863872e82e7c7237bc32299f67ebebc543
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/459860529c109c5ce08b81c0776ca1200eaaeb4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/637ef4961470e04455102b34ac484a34d8eca0a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6d93108e0a27d7e6f95c7e45017d14ba2900d32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9b9e8bb81c41fd27e7b57a1c936fde140548535f
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