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CVE-2026-74272— cxl/region: Resolve region deletion races

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.0版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于cxl/region区域删除存在竞争条件，sysfs触发删除区域时可能多次删除，且与内核释放区域缺少互斥，可能导致区域被重复删除或与内核释放产生竞争。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Moderate EPSS 0.15% · P5

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1059 · Command and Scripting Interpreter

Affected Version Matrix 6

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 779dd20cfb56c510f89877cca45529fa9f8bc450< be44c1c04f85d7b7ac1c597a30b443bbd346acbd affected
779dd20cfb56c510f89877cca45529fa9f8bc450< 4dd86ca99ffcc413cbf79063fd9956ef54e0ca91 affected
6.0 affected
< 6.0 unaffected
7.1.5≤ 7.1.* unaffected
7.2≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2026-74272

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Vulnerability Title
cxl/region: Resolve region deletion races
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl/region: Resolve region deletion races Sungwoo noticed that the sysfs trigger to delete a region may try to delete a region multiple times. It also has no exclusion relative to the kernel releasing the region via CXL root device teardown. Instead of installing new cxl root devres actions per region, use the existing root decoder unregistration event to remove all remaining regions. An xarray of regions replaces a devres list of regions. This handles 3 separate issues with the old approach: 1/ sysfs users racing to delete the same region: no longer possible now that the regions_lock is held over the lookup and deletion. 2/ multiple actions triggering deletion of the same region: solved by erasing regions while holding @regions_lock, and only proceeding on successful erasure. 3/ userspace racing devres_release_all() to trigger the devres not found warning: solved by sysfs unregistration not requiring a release action
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会开源的一个操作系统内核。 Linux kernel 6.0版本存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于cxl/region区域删除存在竞争条件，sysfs触发删除区域时可能多次删除，且与内核释放区域缺少互斥，可能导致区域被重复删除或与内核释放产生竞争。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 779dd20cfb56c510f89877cca45529fa9f8bc450 ~ be44c1c04f85d7b7ac1c597a30b443bbd346acbd -
Linux Linux 6.0 -

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Patches & Fixes for CVE-2026-74272 (2)

Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2026-08-15 · 845 CVEs total

CVE-2026-74475 10.0 CRITICAL vxlan: use neigh_ha_snapshot() in route_shortcircuit()
CVE-2026-74280 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: marvell/octeontx - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-74279 10.0 CRITICAL crypto: cavium/cpt - fix DMA cleanup using wrong loop index
CVE-2026-72407 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: validate inner network offset in geneve_gro_complete()
CVE-2026-74309 10.0 CRITICAL vdpa/octeon_ep: fix IRQ-to-ring mapping in interrupt handler
CVE-2026-72408 10.0 CRITICAL geneve: gate GRO hint in geneve_gro_complete() on gs->gro_hint
CVE-2026-72421 10.0 CRITICAL ipv4: fib: Don't ignore error route in local/main tables.
CVE-2026-72493 9.9 CRITICAL net: serialize netif_running() check in enqueue_to_backlog()
CVE-2026-72463 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption
CVE-2026-72248 9.8 CRITICAL netfilter: flowtable: support IPIP tunnel with direct xmit
CVE-2026-72477 9.8 CRITICAL fs/ntfs3: call _ntfs_bad_inode() when failing to rename
CVE-2026-72381 9.8 CRITICAL ksmbd: fix use-after-free of fp->owner.name in durable handle owner check
CVE-2026-72473 9.8 CRITICAL xprtrdma: Decouple req recycling from RPC completion
CVE-2026-72472 9.8 CRITICAL nfs: use nfsi->rwsem to protect traversal of the file lock list
CVE-2026-74406 9.8 CRITICAL vxlan: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in vxlan_gro_prepare_receive().
CVE-2026-72222 9.8 CRITICAL sunrpc: pin svc_xprt across the asynchronous TLS handshake callback
CVE-2026-74401 9.8 CRITICAL dlm: fix add msg handle in send_queue ordered
CVE-2026-72137 9.8 CRITICAL xfrm: nat_keepalive: avoid double free on send error
CVE-2026-74376 9.8 CRITICAL md/raid10: reset read_slot when reusing r10bio for discard
CVE-2026-72130 9.8 CRITICAL nvmet-auth: reject short AUTH_RECEIVE buffers

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