CVE-2026-63823

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.]

• linux linux kernel (>= 2.6.16 < 5.10.260) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.211) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.177) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.144) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.95) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.38) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.1.3)