Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [6.2,6.6.160)[6.7,6.12.114)[6.13,6.18.57)[6.19,7.0.12)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (4th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-TORVALDSLINUX-20790817
  • published11 Oct 2026
  • disclosed19 Jul 2026
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Jul 2026

CVE-2026-63879  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 6.6.160, 6.12.114, 6.18.57, 7.0.12 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition') via the amdgpu_hmm_range_get_pages function. An attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive physical memory and potentially escalate privileges or cause system instability by exploiting a race condition during GPU memory registration and command submission ioctls, where concurrent address-space manipulation can lead to use of invalid or freed pages.

Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst

CVSS Base Scores

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