PT-2026-64561 · Linux · Linux

CVE-2026-64340

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Published

2026-07-25

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Updated

2026-07-25

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
USB: legousbtower: 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")
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Related Identifiers

CVE-2026-64340

Affected Products

Linux