Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-63873 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2026-63873" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-63873 (Linux kernel)
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 (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. 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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Identify exposureidentify
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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Post-deployment verificationverify
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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
≥ 6.16.0, < 6.18.36 ≥ 6.19.0, < 7.0.13 |
6.18.36 7.0.13 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2026-63873 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.38-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2026-63873 linux Fixed in: 7.0.13-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2026-63873 linux-hwe-edge
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
accel/amdxdna: Fix mm_struct reference leak in aie2_populate_range()
aie2_populate_range() jumps back to the again label without calling
mmput(mm), leaking a reference to the mm_struct.
Add the missing mmput() before jumping to again.
Source: GitHub Security Advisories (Global) NVD GitHub Advisory
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 github.com