CVE-2026-64261 (GCVE-0-2026-64261)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-25 08:49 – Updated: 2026-08-17 04:52
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
fuse-uring: Avoid use-after-free in fuse_uring_async_stop_queues
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fuse-uring: Avoid use-after-free in fuse_uring_async_stop_queues
fuse_uring_async_stop_queues() might run when the last reference
on ring->queue_refs was already dropped.
In order to avoid an early destruction a reference on struct fuse_conn
is now taken before starting fuse_uring_async_stop_queues() and that
reference is only released when that delayed work queue terminates.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4a9bfb9b6850fec0685447aed280533cf980de70 , < 23a356e0bd96c8d5fb3ddff069f692bf10cab5c1
(git)
Affected: 4a9bfb9b6850fec0685447aed280533cf980de70 , < 95d7f50aff2a5f71557263ff25b97b2951f32bf8 (git) Affected: 4a9bfb9b6850fec0685447aed280533cf980de70 , < d351da75066955144515cb2f9aa959f24a04287a (git) |
|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.14 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.39 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.1.4 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
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