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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.]
Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071906-CVE-2026-63823-4e1e@gregkh/T
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:70403 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70403
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:70402 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70402
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:70498 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70498
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:70459 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:70459