CVE-2026-71226

Public on 2026-08-05
Modified on 2026-08-08
Description
Memory Corruption via Uncanceled AIO Requests on Error: libkcapi's one-shot AIO path can return an error before all submitted IOCBs are drained, allowing later kernel writes into caller-owned output buffers.
Severity
Medium severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
5.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 2 - Core hmaccalc Not Affected
Amazon Linux 2023 libkcapi Pending Fix

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 5.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H