kernel concurrency

  1. CVE-2026-31446 ext4 UAF: Fixing a Sysfs Teardown Race

    CVE-2026-31446 is a reminder that some of the most dangerous Linux kernel flaws are not dramatic crashes or headline-grabbing remote exploits, but small timing mistakes in teardown code that only appear under real operational pressure. In this case, the ext4 filesystem can hit a use-after-free...
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  2. Exynos DRM VIDI Fix (CVE-2026-23227): Locking Context to Prevent Memory Races

    The CVE page for CVE-2026-23227 is currently unavailable, so the only reliable starting point is the upstream kernel fix description: “drm/exynos: vidi: use ctx->lock to protect struct vidi_context member variables related to memory alloc/free.” That wording points to a concurrency bug in the...
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  3. CVE-2025-40039: Linux ksmbd race condition fix in kernel RPC handles

    A recently disclosed Linux kernel vulnerability in the ksmbd subsystem — tracked as CVE-2025-40039 — fixes a subtle but consequential race condition in the kernel SMB server’s RPC handle list that could lead to inconsistent state, data corruption, or use‑after‑free when RPC handles are accessed...
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