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fuse-uring: Avoid use-after-free in fuse_uring_async_stop_queues

Type: advisorySources: OSV

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.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.18.39, 7.1.4
CVEs
CVE-2026-64261
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:19 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

fuse-uring: Avoid use-after-free in fuse_uring_async_stop_queues

core-osv · Original source

Published 25 Jul 2026, 08:49 UTC

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.

osv:CVE-2026-64261

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.18.39, 7.1.4

Complete source record
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