HighCVE-2026-53242

    Linux Kernel: security vulnerability (CVE-2026-53242)

    Published Last modified Sources: SUSE, Debian LTS, Ubuntu, Siemens ProductCERT, BSI, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    What is affected, what to do

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams snd_pcm_drain() uses init_waitqueue_entry which does not clear entry.prev/next, and add_wait_queue with a conditional remove_wait_queue that is skipped when to_check is no longer in the group after concurrent UNLINK. The orphaned wait entry remains on the unlinked substream sleep queue.

    Update Linux Kernel to version 5.10.259, Linux Kernel to version 6.1.176, Linux Kernel to version 6.6.143.

    Affected
    • Linux Kernel lt 5.10.253..5.10.259
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.1.167..6.1.176
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.6.130..6.6.143
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.12.78..6.12.94
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.18.19..6.18.36
    • Linux Kernel lt 6.19.9..6.20
    • Linux Kernel lt 7.0..7.0.13
    Fixed in
    • Linux Kernel 5.10.259
    • Linux Kernel 6.1.176
    • Linux Kernel 6.6.143
    • Linux Kernel 6.12.94
    • Linux Kernel 6.18.36
    • Linux Kernel 6.20
    • Linux Kernel 7.0.13
    • Linux Kernel 7.1

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    Metrics

    7.8

    Priority

    XIEM Effective CVSS: highest available CVSS rating from NVD and vendor data.

    Source: Vendor (CNA), CVSS v3

    7.8

    CVSS v3

    Severity High on the scale from 0 to 10.

    Source: SUSE, Debian LTS, Ubuntu, Siemens ProductCERT, BSI, CVE.org, Msrc Update Guide

    0.1 %

    EPSS score

    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.

    Source: FIRST EPSS, percentile 0.9

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    Severity
    High
    Priority (0–325)

    The priority score is a consolidated metric that condenses several individual signals into a single, action-guiding ranking: technical severity (CVSS), exploitation likelihood (EPSS), known-exploited status (KEV) and the context of the affected asset. The aim is to answer the only truly important question in vulnerability management: what first?

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    58.36 Methodology
    Exploit maturity

    An exploit is code or a technique that specifically uses a concrete vulnerability to force unintended behaviour — such as executing code or escalating privileges. It is the tool that turns a theoretical flaw into a practical attack.

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    no public PoC known
    XIEM Effective CVSS

    XIEM® is the tiered managed-security operating model from NEOSEC and a registered trademark of NEOSEC GmbH. It extends classic SIEM — the central collection, normalisation and correlation of security-relevant events — with endpoint forensics, network visibility and deception technology, and consolidates them into three building tiers: Sentry, Orchestrate and Command.

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    7.8 Methodology
    CVSS v3

    CVSS is the globally established, open standard for assessing the technical severity of a vulnerability on a scale from 0 to 10. It describes how easily a flaw can be exploited and what damage it can cause — but not how likely its actual exploitation is. CVSS and the complementary EPSS deliberately answer different questions.

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    7.8
    EPSS score

    The EPSS score is the absolute model output for an individual vulnerability: the estimated probability of real-world exploitation within the next 30 days, expressed as a value between 0 and 1 (i.e. 0 % to 100 %). A score of 0.42 means „the model estimates a 42 % chance of real-world exploitation within 30 days“.

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    0.1 %
    Low — model estimates < 1% exploitation likelihood.
    EPSS percentile

    The EPSS percentile is the relative position of a vulnerability within all EPSS-scored CVEs, expressed as a value between 0 and 1. A percentile of 0.90 means „this CVE has a higher EPSS score than 90 % of all other scored CVEs“. Unlike the EPSS score, it is not a probability — but a positioning within a ranking.

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    0.9
    Low — this CVE sits in the lower 10% of all CVEs scored today.
    KEV status

    The KEV catalogue is a list maintained by the US authority CISA of vulnerabilities for which active exploitation in the wild has been confirmed. It answers not the question „how severe?“ but „is it already being attacked?“ — thereby sharply prioritising patching.

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    Published
    CISA assessment (SSVC)
    Exploitation: none known · not automatable · Technical impact: total
    Source: CISA Vulnrichment, as of 16 October 2026
    CWE

    CWE is a catalogue of typical weakness types in software and hardware — such as flawed input validation, unsafe memory handling or poor authentication. Where a CVE names a concrete vulnerability in a concrete product, a CWE describes the underlying class of defect.

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    CWE-362

    Detection rules

    No NEOSEC detection rule is available for this vulnerability yet.

    Classification under NIS2 and CRA

    Rule-based classification from exploitation status and severity. It does not replace a case-by-case assessment.

    NIS2

    NIS2 is EU Directive (EU) 2022/2555 to raise the level of cybersecurity across the Union. It substantially broadens obligations compared with the first NIS directive: more sectors, mandatory risk management, staged reporting duties and personal accountability of senior management.

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    High technical severity: assess and remediate the vulnerability in vulnerability handling under Art. 21(2)(e) NIS2 and document the decision.
    CRA

    The CRA is EU Regulation (EU) 2024/2847 setting horizontal cybersecurity requirements for „products with digital elements“ — from industrial controllers and software to connected consumer devices. For the first time manufacturers must ensure security across the entire product lifecycle, handle vulnerabilities and provide security updates.

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    From 11.12.2027, Annex I Part II CRA requires manufacturers of affected products with digital elements to handle vulnerabilities without delay and provide security updates.
    ISO/IEC 27001

    ISO/IEC 27001 is the internationally leading standard for an information security management system (ISMS). It describes a risk-based, process-oriented framework to systematically plan, implement, review and improve information security.

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    Control A.8.8, management of technical vulnerabilities: assess relevance to your systems, plan remediation and keep evidence.

    Description

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: PCM: Fix wait queue list corruption in snd_pcm_drain() on linked streams snd_pcm_drain() uses init_waitqueue_entry which does not clear entry.prev/next, and add_wait_queue with a conditional remove_wait_queue that is skipped when to_check is no longer in the group after concurrent UNLINK. The orphaned wait entry remains on the unlinked substream sleep queue. On the next drain iteration, add_wait_queue adds the entry to a new queue while still linked on the old one, corrupting both lists. A subsequent wake_up dereferences NULL at the func pointer (mapped from the spinlock at offset 0 of the misinterpreted wait_queue_head_t), causing a kernel panic. Replace init_waitqueue_entry/add_wait_queue/conditional remove_wait_queue with init_wait_entry/prepare_to_wait/ finish_wait. init_wait_entry clears prev/next via INIT_LIST_HEAD on each iteration and sets autoremove_wake_function which auto-removes the entry on wake-up. finish_wait safely handles both the already-removed and still-queued cases.

    Source: suse_csaf, Debian LTS Advisories, Ubuntu Security Notices, siemens_advisory, BSI WID Portal, BSI CSAF, cvelistv5, NVD (NIST), Microsoft Security Update Guide, CVE.org (MITRE)

    Affected products

    The following versions are affected. Older releases of the same product line are also vulnerable unless stated otherwise.

    Affected products
    Affected versionsFixed in
    LinuxLinux
    • 6.19.9 – < 6.20
    • 6.6.130 – < 6.6.143
    • 6.12.78 – < 6.12.94
    • 7.0 – < 7.0.13
    • 6.18.19 – < 6.18.36
    • 6.1.167 – < 6.1.176
    • —
    • 5.10.253 – < 5.10.259
    • 6.20
    • 6.6.143
    • 6.12.94
    • 7.0.13
    • 6.18.36
    • 6.1.176
    • 7.1
    • 5.10.259
    SiemensSIMATIC S7
    • 1500 TM MFP V1.1.1 GNU/Linux subsystem
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    Vendors and products

    Affected operating systems

    Affected operating systems
    Linuxdebianlinuxbookworm
    Linuxdebianlinuxbullseye
    Linuxdebianlinux-6.1bullseye
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel7.0
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel7.1
    Linuxlinuxlinux_kernel—

    Weakness classes (CWE)

    • CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

      Class

      The product contains a concurrent code sequence that requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence operating concurrently.

      Entry at MITRE CWE-362

    References & sources

    Changes to this CVE

    Who changed this CVE and when: NVD (analysis, affected products, CVSS), the CVE publisher (CNA) and additional providers such as CISA (ADP).

    1. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      Weakness type: CWE-362

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      Weakness type (CWE)added
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      CWE-362

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    2. Record modifiedCISA ADP

      CISA assessment (SSVC): exploitation: none known, automatable: no

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      SSVC assessmentadded
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      {"id":"CVE-2026-53242","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"total"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2026-10-16T15:27:33.806923Z"}

      Source identifier: 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

    3. Record modifiedSiemens ADP

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      New affected value received. <a href="https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/blob/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53242.json">CVE-2026-53242</a>
      Referenceadded
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      https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html

      Source identifier: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e

    4. Initial analysis by NVDNVD

      Newly listed as affected:
      • Linux Kernel (6.12.78 – before 6.12.94; 6.18.19 – before 6.18.36; 5.10.253 – before 5.10.259; 6.1.167 – before 6.1.176; 6.19.9 – before 7.0; 6.6.130 – before 6.6.143; 7.0.1 – before 7.0.13; 11 individual versions)

      Weakness type: CWE-476

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      CWE-476
      Product configurationadded
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      OR *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:7.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.12.78 up to (excluding) 6.12.94 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.18.19 up to (excluding) 6.18.36 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.10.253 up to (excluding) 5.10.259 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.1.167 up to (excluding) 6.1.176 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.19.9 up to (excluding) 7.0 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 6.6.130 up to (excluding) 6.6.143 *cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 7.0.1 up to (excluding) 7.0.13
      Reference typeadded
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c71a9522555ff137a9ca36b15d759ca04d84788 Types: Patch
      Reference typeadded
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88fe2e3658726cb21ff2dcf9770bf672f9b9d31b Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b053fcd8912f06c30f932f5b8ec41c72de474695 Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cac5bf3500ee6422cf64e0df0b5daeecfed42917 Types: Patch
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd98837db15f323463b8df07282ac723bd5c3fed Types: Patch
      Reference typeadded
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d68b621bb5a48051932f1017a6e1bc9b18f854d0 Types: Patch
      Reference typeadded
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      kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d842f26a167e77a36f3ed333b9fa99d36ef99fe6 Types: Patch

      Source identifier: nvd@nist.gov

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