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        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2026-09-25T10:25:14.387Z",
        "datePublished": "2026-10-23T12:21:59.288Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-10-23T12:21:59.288Z"
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                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKEYS: Fix add_key() race with keyring restriction\n\n__key_create_or_update() snapshots keyring->restrict_link before taking\nthe destination keyring's semaphore.  keyring_restrict() installs a\nrestriction while holding that semaphore.\n\nThis allows a writer to observe no restriction, wait for the keyring\nowner to install a reject-all restriction and return successfully, and\nthen link a key using the stale NULL snapshot.  The writer only needs\nwrite permission on the destination keyring.\n\nMove the restrict_link read after __key_link_lock() and\n__key_link_begin().  The read and the subsequent restriction check are\nthen serialized with restriction installation by keyring->sem.\n\nThe race was reproduced on v7.2.8 in 19 executions where restriction\ninstallation returned before the link completed.  All 19 linked the key\ndespite the reject-all restriction.  With this change, 312 executions\nreached the same ordering and every add_key() call failed with -EPERM.\n\nThe issue was found by manual concurrency analysis assisted by AI-based\nanalysis and independently verified with a QEMU reproducer and kernel\ninstrumentation."
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