Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23050)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23050). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.6.130, 6.12.67, 6.18.7 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

pNFS: Fix a deadlock when returning a delegation during open()

Ben Coddington reports seeing a hang in the following stack trace:
0 [ffffd0b50e1774e0] __schedule at ffffffff9ca05415
1 [ffffd0b50e177548] schedule at ffffffff9ca05717
2 [ffffd0b50e177558] bit_wait at ffffffff9ca061e1
3 [ffffd0b50e177568] __wait_on_bit at ffffffff9ca05cfb
4 [ffffd0b50e1775c8] out_of_line_wait_on_bit at ffffffff9ca05ea5
5 [ffffd0b50e177618] pnfs_roc at ffffffffc154207b [nfsv4]
6 [ffffd0b50e1776b8] _nfs4_proc_delegreturn at ffffffffc1506586 [nfsv4]
7 [ffffd0b50e177788] nfs4_proc_delegreturn at ffffffffc1507480 [nfsv4]
8 [ffffd0b50e1777f8] nfs_do_return_delegation at ffffffffc1523e41 [nfsv4]
9 [ffffd0b50e177838] nfs_inode_set_delegation at ffffffffc1524a75 [nfsv4]
10 [ffffd0b50e177888] nfs4_process_delegation at ffffffffc14f41dd [nfsv4]
11 [ffffd0b50e1778a0] _nfs4_opendata_to_nfs4_state at ffffffffc1503edf [nfsv4]
12 [ffffd0b50e1778c0] _nfs4_open_and_get_state at ffffffffc1504e56 [nfsv4]
13 [ffffd0b50e177978] _nfs4_do_open at ffffffffc15051b8 [nfsv4]
14 [ffffd0b50e1779f8] nfs4_do_open at ffffffffc150559c [nfsv4]
15 [ffffd0b50e177a80] nfs4_atomic_open at ffffffffc15057fb [nfsv4]
16 [ffffd0b50e177ad0] nfs4_file_open at ffffffffc15219be [nfsv4]
17 [ffffd0b50e177b78] do_dentry_open at ffffffff9c09e6ea
18 [ffffd0b50e177ba8] vfs_open at ffffffff9c0a082e
19 [ffffd0b50e177bd0] dentry_open at ffffffff9c0a0935…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23050 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.6.130, 6.12.67, 6.18.7 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23050" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23050 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.6.130, 6.12.67, 6.18.7 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.6.130, 6.12.67, 6.18.7.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.6.130, 6.12.67, 6.18.7
```
ステージング環境で 6.6.130, 6.12.67, 6.18.7 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"4.10.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.130"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.67"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.7"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23050 linux-lts
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23050 linux
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23050 linux-azure