Bug 2525405 (CVE-2026-80642) - CVE-2026-80642 kernel: liveupdate: Reference count incoming FLB data
Summary: CVE-2026-80642 kernel: liveupdate: Reference count incoming FLB data
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-80642
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
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Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2026-08-28 07:43 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-08-31 10:43 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-08-28 07:43:20 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

liveupdate: Reference count incoming FLB data

Increment the incoming FLB refcount in liveupdate_flb_get_incoming() so
that the FLB structure cannot be freed while the caller is actively using
it. Add an additional liveupdate_flb_put_incoming() function so the
caller can explicitly indicate when it is done using the FLB data.

During a Live Update, a subsystem might need to hold onto the incoming
File-Lifecycle-Bound (FLB) data for an extended period, such as during
device enumeration. Incrementing the reference count guarantees that the
data remains valid and accessible until the subsystem releases it,
preventing future use-after-free bugs.


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