CVE-2026-46063
kernel: x86/shstk: Prevent deadlock during shstk sigreturn
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · May 27, 2026
Updated · July 3, 2026
Description
A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A deadlock can occur during the shadow stack signal return (shstk sigreturn) process on x86 systems. This happens when the kernel attempts to read the shadow stack signal frame, and a page fault occurs, leading to a recursive attempt to acquire an mmap read lock. If another CPU is waiting to write, this can result in a system deadlock, causing a denial of service.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-821 · Incorrect Synchronization