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Vulnerability Change Records for CVE-2026-72306

Change History

New CVE Received from kernel.org 8/15/2026 2:22:03 AM

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Added Description

                  
                
              
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vduse: Fix race in vduse_dev_msg_sync and vduse_dev_read_iter

There is one race case in vduse_dev_msg_sync and vduse_dev_read_iter:

vduse_dev_read_iter():
    lock(msg_lock);
    dequeue_msg(send_list);
    unlock(msg_lock);
vduse_dev_msg_sync():
    wait_timeout() finish
    lock(msg_lock);
    check msg->complete is false
        list_del(msg);   <- double list_del() crash!

To fix this case, we shall ensure vduse_msg is on send_list or recv_list
outside the msg_lock critical section.
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09723f26ed801c083e914cec4cc0e1af4b933dc7
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3755965adbb617f4283ac6ccd351ed0676843cba
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8062ff9d366c4bc4ae775e14eac9a769f20c60dd
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae9c13b6fd79087cc5a216ee1649b6f012c2a238
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c83ad3dfa6d9953d5ce6839416bf5a1bfc50285a
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e7c813834c6c05c26033456ab7169e2f9c99eb
Added Reference

                  
                
              
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8715b5a8fdb23fef576700e71d0c253dbeddad4
Added Affected

                  
                
              
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