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CVE-2026-99286: Linux kernel · xen-netback: Fix XenBus connection failure cleanup

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Authoritative record:CVE-2026-99286· Medium

Not known to be exploited · fixed in ade3082dcdee17c5767069883936d64ff83f6c9f : update Linux kernel when convenient.

Data as of 10 Nov 2026, 22:34 UTC

Severity
Medium

Rated by Threat Radar · CVSS not yet scored by NVD

Thin evidence

One scorer or none
Patch
Available – fixed in ade3082dcdee17c5767069883936d64ff83f6c9f, a97aa838903d15f865d80809f5198ff459c6634a, 07aca7d25ce8578fedde49855983a01c537a782b +3

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Nov 2026

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponized: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq 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 10 Nov 2026.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
LinuxLinuxAffected
  • <6.12.117
  • <6.18.63
  • <7.3.4
Fixed in
  • ade3082dcdee17c5767069883936d64ff83f6c9f
  • a97aa838903d15f865d80809f5198ff459c6634a
  • 07aca7d25ce8578fedde49855983a01c537a782b
  • 7.3.4
  • 6.18.63
  • 6.12.117

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen-netback: Fix XenBus connection failure cleanup xenvif_get_stats and xenvif_get_ethtool_stats capture vif->num_queues under rcu_read_lock. We need to unpublish vif->num_queues before synchronize_net to ensure that readers that come afterwards will not read a non-zero vif->num_queues and attempt to access invalid queues. This is the same cleanup algorithm as used in backend_disconnect and added in commit b17075d5c198 ("xen-netback: fix race condition on XenBus disconnect"). This is XSA-531

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