Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-52980)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2026-52980). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sched/fair: Clear rel_deadline when initializing forked entities
A yield-triggered crash can happen when a newly forked sched_entity
enters the fair class with se->rel_deadline unexpectedly set.
The failing sequence is:
- A task is forked while se->rel_deadline is still set.
- __sched_fork() initializes vruntime, vlag and other sched_entity
state, but does not clear rel_deadline. - On the first enqueue, enqueue_entity() calls place_entity().
- Because se->rel_deadline is set, place_entity() treats se->deadline
as a relative deadline and converts it to an absolute deadline by
adding the current vruntime. - However, the forked entity's deadline is not a valid inherited
relative deadline for this new scheduling instance, so the conversion
produces an abnormally large deadline. - If the task later calls sched_yield(), yield_task_fair() advances
se->vruntime to se->deadline. - The inflated vruntime is then used by the following enqueue path,
where the vruntime-derived key can overflow when multiplied by the
entity weight. - This corrupts cfs_rq->sum_w_vruntime, breaks EEVDF eligibility
calculation, and can eventually make all entities appear ineligible.
pick_next_entity() may then return NULL unexpectedly, leading to a
later NULL dereference.
A captured trace shows the effect clearly. Before yield, the entity's
vruntime was around:…
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-52980 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-52980" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-52980 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
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.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-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
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-52980 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.92-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-52980 linux Fixed in: 6.12.94-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-52980 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com