๐Ÿ” CVE Alert

CVE-2026-71226

HIGH 7.3

Libkcapi: memory corruption via uncanceled aio requests on error in libkcapi's one-shot aio path

CVSS Score
7.3
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

Memory Corruption via Uncanceled AIO Requests on Error: libkcapi's one-shot AIO path can return an error before all submitted IOCBs are drained, allowing later kernel writes into caller-owned output buffers.

CWE CWE-416
Vendor red hat
Product red hat enterprise linux 10
Published Aug 5, 2026
Last Updated Aug 5, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

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

Affected Versions

Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat Hardened Images
All versions affected
Red Hat / Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions affected

References

NVD โ†— CVE.org โ†— EPSS Data โ†—
access.redhat.com: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71226 bugzilla.redhat.com: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462114

Credits

This issue was discovered by Found by AISLE in partnership with Red Hat.