CVE-2026-72306

CVE-2026-72306

published August 15, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
11.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vduse: Fix race in vduse_dev_msg_sync and vduse_dev_read_iter

There is one race case in vduse_dev_msg_sync and vduse_dev_read_iter:

vduse_dev_read_iter():

lock(msg_lock);

dequeue_msg(send_list);

unlock(msg_lock);

vduse_dev_msg_sync():

wait_timeout() finish

lock(msg_lock);

check msg->complete is false

list_del(msg); <- double list_del() crash!

To fix this case, we shall ensure vduse_msg is on send_list or recv_list

outside the msg_lock critical section.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00215 · 11.3th percentile
Published
2026-08-15T10:22Z
References (7)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 AUG 05:55Z
    vduse: Fix race in vduse_dev_msg_sync and vduse_dev_read_iter
    cvelistv5