What is CVE-2026-53244?

CVE-2026-53244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.

How severe is CVE-2026-53244?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2026-53244

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VFS: fix possible failure to unlock in nfsd4_create_file() atomic_create() in fs/namei.c drops the reference to the dentry when it returns an error. This behaviour was i…

EPSS: 0.003 (27.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 64a989dbd144e0622371396461b11335459692d2, 7.0, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 7.1

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-53244?: CVE-2026-53244 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2026-06-25.
How severe is CVE-2026-53244?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.