CVE-2026-72166

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's 9p client remote procedure call RPC implementation. When the p9clientrpc function is called with a P9TFLUSH request and the transport has no peer, a fatal signal can cause an infinite loop. This prevents the affected process from terminating, leading to a...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-72166

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p: fix infinite loop in p9clientrpc on fatal signal When p9clientrpc is called with type P9TFLUSH and the transport has no peer e.g. fd transport backed by pipes with no 9p server, a fatal signal causes an infinite loop:...

CVE-2026-72166 net/9p: fix infinite loop in p9_client_rpc on fatal signal

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p: fix infinite loop in p9clientrpc on fatal signal When p9clientrpc is called with type P9TFLUSH and the transport has no peer e.g. fd transport backed by pipes with no 9p server, a fatal signal causes an infinite loop:...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-72166

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - net/9p: fix infinite loop in p9clientrpc on fatal signal When p9clientrpc is called with type P9TFLUSH and the transport has no peer e.g. fd transport backed b...