HighFix available
configfs: fix lockless traversals of ->s_children
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: configfs: fix lockless traversals of ->s_children Having the parent directory locked protects entries from removal by another thread, but it does *not* protect cursors from being moved around by lseek() - or freed, for that matter.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 6.6.145, 7.1.5
- CVEs
- CVE-2026-74330
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 7 Nov 2026, 00:49 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
configfs: fix lockless traversals of ->s_children
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 15 Aug 2026, 05:58 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: configfs: fix lockless traversals of ->s_children Having the parent directory locked protects entries from removal by another thread, but it does *not* protect cursors from being moved around by lseek() - or freed, for that matter.
osv:CVE-2026-74330
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.10.261, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5
Complete source record
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