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Linux Kernel EUVDEUVD-2026-59512

| CVE-2026-74365 HIGH
2026-08-15 Linux GHSA-h26r-wqjv-57jf
7.3
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Linux
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Vendor (Linux) PRIMARY
7.3 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
vuln.today AI
6.5 MEDIUM

AC:H reflects that exploitation requires both NVDIMM hardware in BTT mode and concurrent I/O to win the race, conditions absent from most deployments; all other metrics match the vendor vector.

3.1 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
4.0 AV:L/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

Primary rating from Vendor (Linux).

CVSS VectorVendor: Linux

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
Low

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Aug 17, 2026 - 10:49 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Aug 17, 2026 - 06:22 NVD
7.3 (HIGH)
Patch available
Aug 15, 2026 - 07:19 EUVD
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 05:58 cve.org
HIGH 7.3
CVE Published
Aug 15, 2026 - 05:58 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

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

nvdimm/btt: Handle preemption in BTT lane acquisition

BTT lanes serialize access to per-lane metadata and workspace state during BTT I/O. The btt-check unit test reports data mismatches during BTT writes due to a race in lane acquisition that can lead to silent data corruption.

The existing lane model uses a spinlock together with a per-CPU recursion count. That recursion model stopped being valid after BTT lanes became preemptible: another task can run on the same CPU, observe a non-zero recursion count, bypass locking, and use the same lane concurrently.

BTT lanes are also held across arena_write_bytes() calls. That path reaches nsio_rw_bytes(), which flushes writes with nvdimm_flush(). Some provider flush callbacks can sleep, making a spinlock the wrong primitive for the lane lifetime.

Replace the spinlock-based recursion model with a dynamically allocated per-lane mutex array and take the lane lock unconditionally.

Add might_sleep() to catch any future atomic-context caller.

Found with the ndctl unit test btt-check.sh.

AnalysisAI

Silent data corruption in the Linux kernel nvdimm/btt subsystem results from a broken lane-acquisition locking model that became invalid once BTT lanes were made preemptible. On systems with NVDIMM persistent memory configured in BTT (Block Translation Table) mode, a low-privileged local user can trigger a preemption-induced race where a second task observes a non-zero per-CPU recursion count, incorrectly infers it already holds the lane lock, bypasses mutual exclusion, and concurrently accesses shared per-lane metadata and workspace state, yielding high-integrity and high-confidentiality impact. …

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Vulnerability AssessmentAI

Exploitation Exploitation requires local shell access with low-level privileges (AV:L/PR:L confirmed by CVSS vector) on a Linux host where NVDIMM (Non-Volatile DIMM) hardware is physically installed and a namespace on that device has been explicitly configured in BTT (Block Translation Table) mode using ndctl - a non-default, administrator-provisioned persistent memory configuration absent from standard virtual machines and most bare-metal servers. … Additional conditions and limiting factors are described in the full assessment.
Risk Assessment The vendor-assigned CVSS 7.3 with AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L reflects a local low-privilege exploit with high confidentiality and integrity impact - consistent with silent persistent-memory corruption. … Full risk analysis with EPSS, KEV, and SSVC signal comparison available after sign-in.
Exploit Scenario Full exploit scenario with step-by-step reproduction available after sign-in.
Remediation The primary fix is to update to a patched kernel: 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18.40, 7.1.5, or 7.2-rc1 as appropriate for the running branch. … Detailed patch versions, workarounds, and compensating controls in full report.

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Within 24 hours, inventory systems with NVDIMM persistent memory configured in BTT mode, as this vulnerability only affects those deployments. …

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