cachefiles: Fix double fput
Priority LOW 30Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 5 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: cachefiles: Fix double fput Fix a double fput() in error handling in cachefiles_create_tmpfile().
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00121 1st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111 +2Red Hat: 5 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.189, 6.6.158, 6.12.111, 6.18.53, 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 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 5 | Affected | No fix yet |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-93810
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6jcf-xjrv-rxjr
- 2026-10-03 Fix available: Linux/Linux@246098a2b8e88761e92cf82c1be1ec576437b176, Linux/[email protected], Linux/[email protected] +1 · CNA
- 2026-10-03 2 new references · CNA
- 2026-10-29 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
- 2026-10-29 CVSS score added · Red Hat
- 2026-10-30 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e582a3e99584d5a634a3cbce4b12e9381fd5d964
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/246098a2b8e88761e92cf82c1be1ec576437b176
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9c2e68c3890a935abbd5f54dbce653f9a16836c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90b306eee037d0a6a8f4aac834b46e05c5ddd0bf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af6830cc12dfe86c832dccc9c9878a93aaa22f83
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Sources
- CVE-2026-93810 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-93810 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6jcf-xjrv-rxjr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2026-93810 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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