https://vulnerability.circl.lu Contains only the most 10 recent entries. http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification python-feedgen en Fri, 02 Oct 2026 17:51:56 +0000 https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-74487 <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry</p> <p>Registering an entry with the MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE flag opens the interpreter via open_exec() which denies write access to it for as long as the entry exists. Removing the entry closes the interpreter file via filp_close() but never restores write access, leaving the inode&#39;s i_writecount permanently negative. Opening the interpreter for writing keeps failing with ETXTBSY long after the entry is gone until the inode is evicted from the inode cache.</p> <p>Commit 90f601b497d7 (&#34;binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()&#34;) fixed the same imbalance in the error path of bm_register_write() but the actual removal path has been leaking the write denial since the introduction of the flag.</p> <p>Restore write access in put_binfmt_handler() before closing the interpreter file.</p> <p><strong>Affected:</strong> Linux</p> <p>In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:</p> <p>binfmt_misc: restore write access when removing an entry</p> <p>Registering an entry with the MISC_FMT_OPEN_FILE flag opens the interpreter via open_exec() which denies write access to it for as long as the entry exists. Removing the entry closes the interpreter file via filp_close() but never restores write access, leaving the inode&#39;s i_writecount permanently negative. Opening the interpreter for writing keeps failing with ETXTBSY long after the entry is gone until the inode is evicted from the inode cache.</p> <p>Commit 90f601b497d7 (&#34;binfmt_misc: restore write access before closing files opened by open_exec()&#34;) fixed the same imbalance in the error path of bm_register_write() but the actual removal path has been leaking the write denial since the introduction of the flag.</p> <p>Restore write access in put_binfmt_handler() before closing the interpreter file.</p> https://vulnerability.circl.lu/vuln/cve-2026-74487