CVE-2026-64185
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sysfs: don't remove existing directory on update failure
When sysfs_update_group() is called for a named group and create_files()
fails (e.g. -ENOMEM), internal_create_group() calls kernfs_remove(kn) on
the group directory. In the update path, kn was obtained via
kernfs_find_and_get() and refers to a directory that already existed
before this call. Removing it silently destroys a sysfs group that the
caller did not create.
Only remove the directory if we created it ourselves. On update failure
the directory remains as it is left empty by remove_files() inside
create_files(), but can be repopulated by a retry.
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Severity & Metrics
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | c855cf2759d27142f771173d9fd8e7fdf9cf5138 < c5e125c828b701afaf7493b42a14aa89362ff36d, c855cf2759d27142f771173d9fd8e7fdf9cf5138 < ccadd32cc1263802a5969c9efe0e96225450428c, c855cf2759d27142f771173d9fd8e7fdf9cf5138 < 14f2c14ae86c4af17a0a9f8ab46dacf2d5fd1d8a, c855cf2759d27142f771173d9fd8e7fdf9cf5138 < 31527d80234caf83dc96ad478645e57df9de4472 … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 4.19, 0 < 4.19, 5.10.258 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.209 ≤ 5.15.* … |
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5e125c828b701afaf7493b42a14aa89362ff36d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccadd32cc1263802a5969c9efe0e96225450428c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14f2c14ae86c4af17a0a9f8ab46dacf2d5fd1d8a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/31527d80234caf83dc96ad478645e57df9de4472
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b285e0368290aa55f79ba11419b96d0ebdb418
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48fa96538bd2868034d33429e4565fda384d0736
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/708f6926f61f71e09b5e9fd668b9882ccd46e69f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/237557b8a81ab948e8332f7c0058e758f081c0a3