CVE-2026-53314: Linux kernel · padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 13:47 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 1% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 26 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
A fix has been implemented in the Linux kernel as part of commit 4ae12d8bd9a8 (kbuild-fixes-7.0-2). Users should update to a kernel version that includes this commit to remediate the issue. Since this is not a cloud service, manual patching or kernel upgrade is required. Patch status is confirmed by the vendor commit referenced.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: padata: Put CPU offline callback in ONLINE section to allow failure syzbot reported the following warning: DEAD callback error for CPU1 WARNING: kernel/cpu.c:1463 at _cpu_down+0x759/0x1020 kernel/cpu.c:1463, CPU#0: syz.0.1960/14614 at commit 4ae12d8bd9a8 ("Merge tag 'kbuild-fixes-7.0-2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/kbuild/linux") which tglx traced to padata_cpu_dead() given it's the only sub-CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU callback that returns an error. Failure isn't allowed in hotplug states before CPUHP_TEARDOWN_CPU so move the CPU offline callback to the ONLINE section where failure is possible.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53314 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e6c08dd97dcd22a00aee469e0adfa819071d80e (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a9f29a3e076b637d2234093e57989cf755ded5b (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/65dae8b34f0810f3fa9f77c4c63650cd20820693 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9afe53f14a2aae8c4beb30e5ea51641a34f1a3d3 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6d44f477000c6352de6b05e9e276e62083e5fbf (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8c4a2972f83c8b68ff03b43cecdb898939ff851 (opens in a new tab)