PT-2026-52000 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

CVE-2026-53106

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Published

2026-03-19

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Updated

2026-09-07

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description A deadlock can occur in the Linux kernel when deleting local storage within a Non-Maskable Interrupt (NMI) or reentrant context. This happens when freeing storage elements through kfree rcu(), call rcu(), or call rcu tasks trace(). The issue is specifically located in the bpf selem unlink() function, which is utilized by various helpers and syscalls.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Resource Exhaustion

Memory Leak

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

AZL-90759
BDU:2026-13996
CVE-2026-53106
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:21555-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23066-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23068-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23193-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23194-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23221-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23231-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23237-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23241-1
SUSE-SU-2026:23244-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3790-1
SUSE-SU-2026:3810-1
USN-8566-1
USN-8568-1
USN-8569-1
USN-8593-1
USN-8603-1
USN-8618-1
USN-8663-1
USN-8664-1
USN-8728-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu