# CVE-2026-53311: linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: fix uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate... CVE-2026-53311 is fixed in 20 products on 1 platform, first by ALAS2023-2026-1881, released June 22, 2026. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine. - Web page: https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53311 - Priority: Routine - CVSS: 5.5 (medium) - EPSS: 0.0016 - CISA KEV: not listed - Exploited (vendor report): no - Publicly disclosed: no - Published: Jun 22, 2026 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fuse: fix uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate() fuse_dentry_revalidate() may be called with a dentry that didn't had ->d_time initialised. The issue was found with KMSAN, where lookup_open() calls __d_alloc(), followed by d_revalidate(), as shown below: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x150/0x13d0 fs/fuse/dir.c:394 fuse_dentry_revalidate+0x150/0x13d0 fs/fuse/dir.c:394 d_revalidate fs/namei.c:1030 [inline] lookup_open fs/namei.c:4405 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline] path_openat+0x1614/0x64c0 fs/namei.c:4827 do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4859 [...] Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4466 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4788 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_lru_noprof+0x382/0x1280 mm/slub.c:4807 __d_alloc+0x55/0xa00 fs/dcache.c:1740 d_alloc_parallel+0x99/0x2740 fs/dcache.c:2604 lookup_open fs/namei.c:4398 [inline] open_last_lookups fs/namei.c:4583 [inline] path_openat+0x135f/0x64c0 fs/namei.c:4827 do_file_open+0x2aa/0x680 fs/namei.c:4859 [...] ===================================================== ## Where it's fixed | Platform | Product | Fixed in | Fix | Released | |---|---|---|---|---| | Linux | bpftool6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | bpftool6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel-livepatch-6.18.35-68.127 amzn 2023 | 1:1.0-0.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-aarch64 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-debuginfo-common-x86_64 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-devel amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-headers amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-modules-extra amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-modules-extra-common amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | kernel6.18-tools-devel amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | linux Debian 14 | 7.0.10-1 | [DEBIAN-CVE-2026-53311](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/debian-cve-2026-53311.md) | Jun 27, 2026 | | Linux | microvm-kernel6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | perf6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | perf6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | python3-perf6.18 amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | | Linux | python3-perf6.18-debuginfo amzn 2023 | 1:6.18.35-68.127.amzn2023 | [ALAS2023-2026-1881](https://patchblox.com/security/data/fix/linux/alas2023-2026-1881.md) | Jun 22, 2026 | --- Data as of 2026-11-08T13:06:02Z UTC. 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