CVE-2026-93106

UNRATEDCVSS · not yet scoredTrending — 3 sources updated this week
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EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • No CVSS published and no exploitation signals yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.2%CVSS v2: —Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

No fix is confirmed yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for the fix.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time

restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring() gets a reference to the user keyring before restoring the saved dm-crypt keys.

The same keyring reference is then passed to add_key_to_keyring() for each saved key, but add_key_to_keyring() drops that reference on every call. This is only balanced when exactly one key is restored. With multiple keys, the keyring reference is dropped too many times and may trigger a refcount underflow or use-after-free.

When more than five keys are restored, a refcount underflow/use-after-free warning can be triggered.

The early error paths after lookup_user_key() also return without dropping the keyring reference.

Keep ownership of the keyring reference in restore_dm_crypt_keys_to_thread_keyring(), drop it once on all exit paths, and make add_key_to_keyring() only use the reference without consuming it.

CVSS v3
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EchelonGraph score
Not yet assessedNo source has published severity data for this CVE yet — no CVSS score from NVD or a CNA, no GitHub advisory, and it is not in CISA KEV. This is not a rating of zero; we cannot assess it yet.
EG Score
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EG Risk
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EPSS PROB
0.2%
EPSS %ILE
9th
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 17, 2026

Last Modified

September 17, 2026

References (3)

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-93106(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Affected Packages

(1 across 1 ecosystem)
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFix by version rangeDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 7.2~rc7-1~exp1 (178 versions)
  • every version up to 7.2.6-1: fixed in 7.2.6-1
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Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 8× in last 7d / 22× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-04 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-10-02 13:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-01 19:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-30 15:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-09-29 14:13 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-09-29 14:13 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-09-28 13:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-09-27 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-26 15:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-26 15:05 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-09-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-09-23 17:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-23 15:57 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-09-22 16:01 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-09-21 21:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-20 16:48 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-09-20 16:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-09-18 19:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-09-17 17:24 UTCNVD update
  21. 2026-09-17 16:21 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-17 16:19 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(4)

What is CVE-2026-93106?
CVE-2026-93106 is a publicly disclosed vulnerability published on September 17, 2026. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crash_dump: release keyring reference at the correct time restoredmcryptkeystothreadkeyring() gets a reference to the user keyring before restoring the saved dm-crypt keys. The same keyring reference is then passed to…
When was CVE-2026-93106 disclosed?
CVE-2026-93106 was first published on September 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-93106 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-93106 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (9th percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-93106?
No fix for CVE-2026-93106 is confirmed yet. Until one is published, restrict network exposure of the affected system or apply the vendor's mitigation — for example, keep it off the internet or limit it to trusted networks — and watch the vendor's advisory for the fix. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-93106 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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