CVE-2026-71226

HIGH CVSS 3.1: 7.3 EPSS 0.12%
Updated Aug 11, 2026
Red Hat
Parameter Value
CVSS 7.3 (HIGH)
Affected Versions 0.12.0 — 1.5.1
Fixed In 1.5.1
Type CWE-416 (Use After Free)
Vendor Red Hat
Public PoC No

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.

Attack Parameters

Attack Vector
Local
Requires local access
Attack Complexity
Low
Easy to exploit
Privileges Required
None
No privileges needed
User Interaction
None
No user interaction needed

Impact Assessment

Confidentiality
Low
Partial data leak
Integrity
Low
Partial data modification
Availability
High
Complete denial of service

CVSS Vector v3.1

Weakness Type (CWE)

Vulnerable Products 6

Configuration From (including) Up to (excluding)
Redhat Hardened_Images
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:hardened_images:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Redhat Openshift_Container_Platform
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Smuellerdd Libkcapi
cpe:2.3:a:smuellerdd:libkcapi:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.12.0 1.5.1
Redhat Enterprise_Linux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Redhat Enterprise_Linux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Redhat Enterprise_Linux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*