Machine-written summary
Summary written by Claude Haiku from the source advisory. Not reviewed by a person.
Linux kernel versions from 5.13 before the fixed releases have a TIPC networking flaw in which network namespace teardown busy-waits, wasting CPU and possibly causing soft lockups. The source does not describe what an attacker would need to trigger it. Upgrade to 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.114, or 6.18.57 or later in the respective series.
Not analysed yet
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Severity and exploitation
No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.
- CISA KEV Not listed.
- EPSS 0.0020, the 9th percentile, on 14 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
Timeline
Sources
References from the CNA
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/772769859226a5b004442403510acb58a1c32e72
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/99b82c8452887408ea908fdfa5df33c4a5dfa88f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/110bb16d37bdba03213156c0df37e7119c190936
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7672973957e3e20780afe5937a9fec70b72bc060
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/522d1d950b9e3b68190a6de7534827c8dccedb73
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1481c94e74c955e0448ddf46b8615a44d840c1e