New Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities Cause Deadlocks, Livelocks, and NULL Pointer Crashes
Tue Jul 21 2026
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The Linux kernel team disclosed a fresh batch of CVEs on July 19-20, 2026, exposing systems to deadlocks, livelocks, and NULL pointer dereference crashes across subsystems including filesystems, Bluetooth, networking, and memory management. These flaws were patched upstream and disclosed via the linux-cve-announce mailing list, with fixes already merged into stable kernel branches. New Linux […]
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