PT-2026-72773
CVE-2026-74337
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Published
2026-08-15
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Updated
2026-10-09
Description by
CVSS 4.0
5.6
MediumMetricsAV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
An issue exists in the BPF subsystem where NMI and tracepoint BPF programs can re-enter a per-CPU or global LRU lock that is already held by
bpf lru pop free() or push free() on the same CPU. This leads to an AA-deadlock, which is a type of deadlock where a process attempts to acquire a lock it already holds. The issue involves the l->lock and loc l->lock variables.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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