CVE-2026-71226
HIGH
MEDIUM
Priority: 0.01
BB Relevance:
50/100
Published: 2026-08-05
Modified: 2026-10-22
First seen: 2026-10-29
Status: active
Attack Surface
Low Complexity
No Auth
No Interaction
CVSS Vector Breakdown
AV:
Local
AC:
Low
PR:
None
UI:
None
S:
Unchanged
C:
Low
I:
Low
A:
High
Description
Memory Corruption via Uncanceled AIO Requests on Error: libkcapi's one-shot AIO path can return an error before all submitted IOCBs are drained, allowing later kernel writes into caller-owned output buffers.
Weakness Classification (1)
Affected Software (6)
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 8.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 9.0 |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 10.0 |
| redhat | hardened_images | - |
| redhat | openshift_container_platform | 4.0 |
| smuellerdd | libkcapi | 0.12.0 – 1.5.1 |
References & Advisories (8)
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