CVE-2026-99217: fork: release the files of a failed fork after sched_cancel_fork()

Published Nov 2, 2026
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Updated

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

fork: release the files of a failed fork after schedcancelfork()

Reorder copyprocess() cleanup so schedfork() taking scxforkrwsem scxprefork() is safe and isn't held around exiting files. Right now, a fork that fails while another thread closed the bpf link fd will deadlock against its own read side. It also blocks every fork on the system:

copyprocess() holds scxforkrwsem for read exitfiles() closefiles() filpclosesync() bpfscxunreg() kthreadflushwork() waits for the disable work scxrootdisable() percpudownwrite(&scxforkrwsem)

Simply release the child's files after schedcancelfork() dropped the lock. The task starts out as a copy of its parent so p->files points to the parent's table until copyfiles() replaces it. exitfiles() must not run for a fork that failed before that. Clear p->files up front so exitfiles() is a no-op for those and make copyfiles() set it explicitly for CLONEFILES.

Other sources

Rejected reason: This CVE ID has been rejected or withdrawn by its CVE Numbering Authority.

— NVD

Affected Software

7 affected componentsFixes available
linux/kernel<6.12.115
6.12.115
linux/kernel>=6.13.0<6.18.60
6.18.60
linux/kernel>=6.19.0<7.2.14
7.2.14
linux/kernel>=7.3.0<7.3.1
7.3.1
debian/linux*
debian/linux<6.12.115-1
6.12.115-1
debian/linux*

Event History

Nov 2, 2026
CVE Published
via MITRE·04:06 PM
Rejected
via MITRE·04:06 PM
Data Sourced
via OSV·04:06 PM
DescriptionAffected Software
Data Sourced
via NVD·04:17 PM
Description
Nov 3, 2026
Rejected
via MITRE·07:15 PM

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