vduse: hold vduse_lock across IDR lookup in open path
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vduse: hold vduse_lock across IDR lookup in open path vduse_dev_open() looks up struct vduse_dev through the IDR and then acquires dev->lock only after vduse_lock has been dropped. This leaves a window where a concurrent VDUSE_DESTROY_DEV can remove the same object from the IDR and free it before the open path locks the device, leading to a use-after-free. Close this race by keeping vduse_lock held until dev->lock has been acquired in the open path, matching the lock ordering already used by the destroy path.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, 7.2
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 4 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-74313
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-m274-mg38-f4wj
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35483c5306e09b3190ff937089d404a78012695c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c1560be8aa6849356455af67518d35c551cbd95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93ed4692f2299a40346025979f40e4a9b7b33af7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d94e2947203aead590fd63f667d316d4475d65af
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2d0a57538fd0b3b3ab75d64bb64f4cd2fab13a2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79e12c891940b0c4c75881b7fd82a8cbb8ac97be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e440e077748939839d9f76e24383b76b785f80ce
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Sources
- CVE-2026-74313 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-74313 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-m274-mg38-f4wj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-74313 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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