# audit: fix recursive locking deadlock in audit_dupe_exe()

CVE record · `CVE-2026-68096`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-68096`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 7.5 High
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-835](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/835.html)
- **Tags:** [Denial of service](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/dos.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 10 Aug 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 10 Aug 2026, 11:58 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 6114c3f21eb2ae175401736da744b684705e7ed9` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before f6fda0ac6661c23b8356dfb1cc423960cc6f0593` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 3bbb4931f7cd84cecf29ec222c0732bf9ad4da9f` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 36eb77f14b4e6f2dc1008c1fabe31236397be27a` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 7d1f66c69898ffb1a718926c32a777ecc471caca` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 40879c39d6740f3dddfb52b5d6ba7fb8cceb84d8` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 3b601938314c24fcd1afb6659cad92fe96c9c2f8` (git)
  - affected: `34d99af52ad40bd498ba66970579a5bc1fb1a3bc to before 81905b5acbe77284734438df3fbec1158e6429a3` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.3`
  - unaffected: `before 4.3` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.266 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.217 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.1.184 to 6.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.6.148 to 6.6.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.12.101 to 6.12.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.42 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.1.6 to 7.1.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 7.5 High, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from CNA (Linux)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0053, the 45th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 10 Aug 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-68096](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-68096)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-68096](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-68096)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6114c3f21eb2ae175401736da744b684705e7ed9>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6fda0ac6661c23b8356dfb1cc423960cc6f0593>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bbb4931f7cd84cecf29ec222c0732bf9ad4da9f>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36eb77f14b4e6f2dc1008c1fabe31236397be27a>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d1f66c69898ffb1a718926c32a777ecc471caca>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40879c39d6740f3dddfb52b5d6ba7fb8cceb84d8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b601938314c24fcd1afb6659cad92fe96c9c2f8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81905b5acbe77284734438df3fbec1158e6429a3>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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