CVE-2026-53161

medium Red Hat
EPSS Score
0.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 92% most likely to be exploited
Published: June 25, 2026 (14 days ago)
Last Modified: June 25, 2026
Vendor: Red Hat
Source: REDHAT

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's fastrpc module. A race condition between closing a file descriptor and processing Digital Signal Processor (DSP) responses can lead to a use-after-free vulnerability. This allows a local attacker to potentially cause a system crash or, in some cases, execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

CWE

CWE-366

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