CVE-2026-63823 Affecting kernel-default-livepatch package, versions <6.4.0-150700.53.81.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (3rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES157-KERNELDEFAULTLIVEPATCH-19906737
  • published18 Sept 2026
  • disclosed17 Sept 2026

Introduced: 17 Sep 2026

NewCVE-2026-63823  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.7 kernel-default-livepatch to version 6.4.0-150700.53.81.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-default-livepatch package and not the kernel-default-livepatch package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

keys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths

A: request_key() B: KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV ================ =========================

create auth key store rka in auth key wait for helper get auth key load rka from auth key copy user payload sleep on #PF

helper completed detach and free rka destroy auth key wake up use rka->target_key USE-AFTER-FREE

Give request_key_auth payloads a refcount. Take a payload reference while authkey->sem stabilizes the payload and revocation state. Hold that reference across the instantiate and reject paths. Drop the auth key owning reference from revoke and destroy.

[jarkko: Replaced the first two paragraphs of text with an actual concurrency scenario.]

CVSS Base Scores

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