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CVE-2026-93131: platform/x86: dell-privacy: Fix race condition

• Severity: unknown
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2026-09-17 · updated 2026-10-19

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-privacy: Fix race condition Accessing priv->features_present needs to happen with the list mutex being held, otherwise priv can be freed at any moment.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 5.14 — fixed in 7.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 7.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239ae86b7c97341f49d2ba32037ee3ddbaf0f1ab
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2108685a491b369f95774d0a7579d6e5287215
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f860050c3d17ff8499d3998f7534d306c3da50a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22beeb90475b5f71a477564eecf764b24f47277
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca9338dbc64759b30741b12017c050b33c94dfa2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef59ff891adf9bd696917f71f841fdb23c245790
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3c4532f6dac8fb5504d342e2a15e6353e5eb56e

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