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THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2026-68096 (HIGH 7.5) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating executable-related rules. When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer lock

[NVD] CVE-2026-68096 (HIGH 7.5) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe() A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating executable-related rules. When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer lock

mednvdPublished 2026-08-10

CVE-2026-68096 CVSS: 7.5 HIGH Published: 2026-08-10T13:19:53.837

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

audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()

A deadlock occurs in the audit subsystem when duplicating executable-related rules.

When a file is moved (e.g., via do_renameat2()), the VFS layer locks the parent directory (I_MUTEX_PARENT), which synchro

Indicators of compromise

CVE-2026-68096cve

Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68096