Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23224)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2026-23224). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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

erofs: fix UAF issue for file-backed mounts w/ directio option

[ 9.269940][ T3222] Call trace:
[ 9.269948][ T3222] ext4_file_read_iter+0xac/0x108
[ 9.269979][ T3222] vfs_iocb_iter_read+0xac/0x198
[ 9.269993][ T3222] erofs_fileio_rq_submit+0x12c/0x180
[ 9.270008][ T3222] erofs_fileio_submit_bio+0x14/0x24
[ 9.270030][ T3222] z_erofs_runqueue+0x834/0x8ac
[ 9.270054][ T3222] z_erofs_read_folio+0x120/0x220
[ 9.270083][ T3222] filemap_read_folio+0x60/0x120
[ 9.270102][ T3222] filemap_fault+0xcac/0x1060
[ 9.270119][ T3222] do_pte_missing+0x2d8/0x1554
[ 9.270131][ T3222] handle_mm_fault+0x5ec/0x70c
[ 9.270142][ T3222] do_page_fault+0x178/0x88c
[ 9.270167][ T3222] do_translation_fault+0x38/0x54
[ 9.270183][ T3222] do_mem_abort+0x54/0xac
[ 9.270208][ T3222] el0_da+0x44/0x7c
[ 9.270227][ T3222] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x5c/0xf4
[ 9.270253][ T3222] el0t_64_sync+0x1bc/0x1c0

EROFS may encounter above panic when enabling file-backed mount w/
directio mount option, the root cause is it may suffer UAF in below
race condition:

z_erofs_read_folio wq s_dio_done_wq
z_erofs_runqueue
erofs_fileio_submit_bio
erofs_fileio_rq_submit
- vfs_iocb_iter_read
- ext4_file_read_iter
- ext4_dio_read_iter
- iomap_dio_rw
  : bio was submitted and return -EIOCBQUEUED
  -…

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

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-23224 has been found in Kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2026-23224" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2026-23224 (Kernel)
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1 — 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: ?. Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1.

🛡️ 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 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1
```
ステージング環境で 6.12.72, 6.18.11, 6.19.1 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":"6.12.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.72"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.18.11"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.19.0"},{"fixed":"6.19.1"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-23224 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.73-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-23224 linux Fixed in: 6.12.73-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-23224 linux-hwe-edge