In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: autofs: ignore notification errors from a replaced pipe…
CVE-2026-99181
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: autofs: ignore notification errors from a replaced pipe autofsnotifydaemon() takes a reference to the current notification pipe under wqmutex, then drops the mutex before writing the request. The write can block while the daemon enters catatonic mode and installs a replacement pipe. If the old pipe's reader is then closed, the delayed write returns -EPIPE and the generic error path enters catatonic mode again. That transition acts on the current superblock state, closes the replacement pipe, and releases the new daemon generation's wait queues. Only enter catatonic mode when the pipe which failed is still the current pipe. Factor the already-locked transition so the identity check and state change are atomic with respect to another replacement. This was reproduced on v7.3-rc5-337-gff47652a4b66c in a local QEMU guest. An unprivileged UID 65534 lookup filled the old packet pipe before a normal CATATONIC/SETPIPEFD restart. On the unmodified kernel, the new pipe received HUP and both a pending victim lookup and a later lookup failed with ENOENT in two out of two fresh-mount runs. With this change, the new pipe…
Assessment
- CVSS
- Not yet scored
- Severity
- Unscored
- Known exploited
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Exploit availability
- Nothing found in Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or public PoC repositories
- Published
- 28 October 2026
- Last updated
- 30 October 2026
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
At the source
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a177064f501ed4b67873a43aae5d5bdb18b3704
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35c2c4f3cf1403b058237c44000199a6c9a59273
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65676cd4203c0e41a94caf54080a7f0a95434bda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d2b8ad36e09e07993addd4ce92b578d3b13c8f8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8386ffc582155451f074f25759f665e626a850
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/95ba5de229c1875e836f10646c4e6c454d560060
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3477ebdce74dc3bae404048258e70d7046c208a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb296391f685d82dbb93621a970fb234cea45280
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