CVE-2026-46223

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 95% most likely to be exploited
Published: May 28, 2026 (43 days ago)
Last Modified: May 28, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's cgroup subsystem. This vulnerability occurs during the rmdir operation when the process initiating the rmdir is also responsible for cleaning up zombie processes that are holding onto process namespace (pidns) resources. This specific scenario can lead to a system deadlock, causing the system to become unresponsive and resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CWE

CWE-833

Affected Products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

References

🔗 bugzilla.redhat.com 🔗 www.cve.org 🔗 nvd.nist.gov 🔗 lore.kernel.org