CVE-2026-17523
7.8
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
A flaw was found in the kernel. An unprivileged local user can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, which leads to a local privilege escalation (LPE). This allows the attacker to gain root privileges and take full control of the affected system.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
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Weaknesses
- CWE-825: Expired Pointer Dereference
ADP Enrichment
CISA ADP Vulnrichment
- SSVC:
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical Impact: total
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17523
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507407
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf74aa86e111aa3b2fbb25db37e3a3fab71b5b68
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