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CVE-2026-63988

kernel: bridge: Fix sleep in atomic context in sysfs path

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · July 19, 2026

Updated · October 9, 2026

Description

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's bridge module. A local user, by interacting with the sysfs path for bridge port attributes, could trigger a 'sleep in atomic context' issue. This occurs because the brport_store() function, while holding a lock that requires an atomic context, calls a function that can sleep. This can lead to a kernel crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS).

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-663 · Use of a Non-reentrant Function in a Concurrent Context