CVE-2026-63823
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: keys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths A: request_key() B: KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV ================ ========================= create auth key store rka in auth key wait…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: keys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths A: request_key() B: KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV ================ ========================= create auth key store rka in auth key wait for helper get auth key load rka from auth key copy user payload sleep on #PF helper completed detach and free rka destroy auth key wake up use rka->target_key **USE-AFTER-FREE** Give request_key_auth payloads a refcount. Take a payload reference while authkey->sem stabilizes the payload and revocation state. Hold that reference across the instantiate and reject paths. Drop the auth key owning reference from revoke and destroy. [jarkko: Replaced the first two paragraphs of text with an actual concurrency scenario.]
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.16% probability · 5th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
EPSS 0.2% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ab4db86774d82389e4b9559e26ab7f68d8e395Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4982bfabce6b33b3c9eddb4fb900fe5568b7cf91Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708709c65a1832a99b0eef8ae46e343ddaca3d06Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7216ce8cb12fee44e309503955bb83806b106129Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/83c0a1cb296d955d5f4d1f0bd8a769ba8ed8c29fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8274181b0f28d450b42489723a5ba81042158d7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9b68632ac93cc742f2e411021c4dbfe452ea0c2Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd15b457a86939c38aa12116adabd8ff686c5e51Patch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.