Use After Free in Linux
CVE-2026-64341
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: USB: iowarrior: fix use-after-free on disconnect race mutex_unlock() may access the mutex structure after releasing the lock and therefore cannot be used to manage lifetime of objects directly (unlike spinlocks and refcounts). [1][2] Use a kref to release the driver data to avoid use-after-free in mutex_unlock() when release() races with disconnect(). [1] a51749ab34d9 ("locking/mutex: Document that mutex_unlock() is non-atomic") [2] 2b9d9e0a9ba0 ("locking/mutex: Clarify that mutex_unlock(), and most other sleeping locks, can still use the lock object after it's unlocked")
Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free
EPSS: 0.001 (2.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 7.2, 2.6.21, 946b960d13c15f050a3b848987aaca79f6a459b7
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 2.6.21, 7.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2026-64341?
- CVE-2026-64341 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2026-07-25.
- How severe is CVE-2026-64341?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.