CVE-2026-100082

xen-blkback: Avoid UAF when reading I/O statistics

Published Nov 6, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 4.7 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xen-blkback: Avoid UAF when reading I/O statistics

Reading I/O statistics via sysfs concurrently with tearing down a
frontend device might result in UAF or a NULL dereference, as the
reading of the statistics data is not synchronized with freeing the
data.

Use a rwlock for synchronizing.

This is XSA-528 / CVE-2026-100082

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-416
CWE-476
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-366
References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.7, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux linux
Vendors & Products Linux linux
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Weaknesses CWE-416
CWE-476
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-blkback: Avoid UAF when reading I/O statistics Reading I/O statistics via sysfs concurrently with tearing down a frontend device might result in UAF or a NULL dereference, as the reading of the statistics data is not synchronized with freeing the data. Use a rwlock for synchronizing. This is XSA-528 / CVE-2026-100082
Title xen-blkback: Avoid UAF when reading I/O statistics
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
References
Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Published
Updated
Nov 6, 2026, 7:08 PM
Reserved
Sep 25, 2026, 10:25 AM
Status
Received
Published
Nov 6, 2026, 7:17 PM
Modified
Nov 6, 2026, 7:17 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Nov 6, 2026, 6:23 PM