CVE-2026-71226

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.

CVSS v3 7.3 HIGH

7.3^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.5 / Impact : 4.7

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71226	Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462114	Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:smuellerdd:libkcapi::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:::::::*

History

11 Aug 2026, 17:59

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Redhat enterprise Linux Redhat hardened Images Redhat Smuellerdd Smuellerdd libkcapi Redhat openshift Container Platform
CPE		cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:smuellerdd:libkcapi:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:::::::*
References	~~() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71226 -~~	() https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-71226 - Vendor Advisory
References	~~() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462114 -~~	() https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2462114 - Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory

05 Aug 2026, 13:24

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2026-08-05 13:24

Updated : 2026-08-11 17:59

NVD link : CVE-2026-71226

Mitre link : CVE-2026-71226

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-71226

JSON object : View

Products Affected

redhat

enterprise_linux
openshift_container_platform
hardened_images

smuellerdd

libkcapi

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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