CVE-2026-17523

Description

A flaw was found in the kernel. An unprivileged local user can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code within the kernel, which leads to a local privilege escalation (LPE). This allows the attacker to gain root privileges and take full control of the affected system.

CVSS Vector

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-17523
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2507407
• https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/bf74aa86e111aa3b2fbb25db37e3a3fab71b5b68