CVE-2026-93261
N/AIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/lockdep: Fix NULL pointer dereference in __lock_set_class() register_lock_class() can return NULL when the lock class pool is exhausted, graph_lock() fails, or key validation fails. However, __lock_set_class() uses the return value directly in pointer arithmetic without a NULL check: class = register_lock_class(lock, subclass, 0); hlock->class_idx = class - lock_classes; If class is NULL, this computes a wild offset that corrupts hlock->class_idx. The subsequent reacquire_held_locks() call will invoke hlock_class() with this corrupted index, leading to a NULL or out-of-bounds pointer dereference. Add the missing NULL check, consistent with how __lock_acquire() already handles this case at the same call site.
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0.2%chance of exploitation in 30 days · 9th percentile
Impact if exploited
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kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-core
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-modules-extra-matched as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-modules-extra-matched
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-debug
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-uki-virt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-uki-virt
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-modules-extra
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-modules-internal as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-modules-internal
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/bpftool
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-64k-modules as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-64k-modules
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-debug-modules-partner as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-debug-modules-partner
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-64k-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-debug
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-rt-kvm as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-kvm
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel-zfcpdump-core as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · known affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-zfcpdump-core
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9 as a component of Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4 · known affected
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pkg:oci/ose-rhel-coreos-9?repository_url=registry.redhat.io/openshift/ose-rhel-coreos-9
- workaround: Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.
- none available: Fix deferred
kernel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-debug as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel?arch=src
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00bpftool as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/bpftool
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-abi-whitelists as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-abi-whitelists
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-headers as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-rt as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-rt-debug-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-rt-doc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-rt-doc
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-rt-trace-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-tools as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00kernel-tools-libs-devel as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/kernel-tools-libs-devel
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00python-perf as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 · known not affected
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pkg:rpm/redhat/python-perf
Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00
References
Advisories
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-93261.json Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2026-86133 EUVD · EUVD-2026-86133
Technical & other
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6093ff67ea6e347574819ed23e96e0f82a25ffcCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59a5c7dd331a3dab48100e1ef8e9bb4f9132a2b2CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f56e54fd24f05e9de528fcb77f6084f80c8066ceCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c3bff6cf26e6a54fbf8b893a879c32824d2d50dCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2113dcd8238bf00ce37a34e67b29cf31d32a545CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7c69c6695d84220847cca62a45e879e71e79e9dCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9be10f49dfc2e4b472b3a5f346483b67374774b8CVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7577e00b9ab506202b9f1a33de3cc8cc6413a4dbCVE record · Linux · Updated 2026-10-19T09:08:14.521Z
NVD · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-19T10:17:17.410 - https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-93261 Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2540328 Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-93261 Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93261 Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-93261.mbox Red Hat · CVE-2026-93261 · Updated 2026-10-17T21:36:40+00:00