What is CVE-2026-23292?

CVE-2026-23292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-23292?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-23292

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: Fix recursive locking in __configfs_open_file() In flush_write_buffer, &p->frag_sem is acquired and then the loaded store function is called, which, here…

EPSS: 0.000 (4.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6.1.167, 6.19.7, 6.18.17
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.3, 7.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-674 — Uncontrolled Recursion

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-23292?: CVE-2026-23292 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Recursion. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2026-03-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-23292?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.