Vulnerability · Published Sep 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2026-81004ipmi:msghandler: Cancel work cleanly on an error

High 8.4

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)8.4High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 92.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi:msghandler: Cancel work cleanly on an error If an error occurs during startup of an IPMI interface, it may have scheduled work to run. The work needs to be canceled before the interface can be freed.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:14linux7.2.6-1DEBIAN-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux7.0.0-42.42UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-aws7.0.0-1016.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azureno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gcp7.0.0-1016.18UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-gkeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-7.07.0.0-42.42~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-ibm7.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-bosno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oem-7.07.0.0-1017.17UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-oracle7.0.0-1015.16UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-7.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-raspino fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:26.04:LTSlinux-riscv7.0.0-42.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-7.07.0.0-42.42.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2026-81004

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux edb6c2118293c1fba9cd11ca80ed043d2411a7e5 – before 99692252b348c11377fd0cdd66b6b18f3b22758e62cd145453d577113f993efd025f258dd86aa183 – before a496c51dd3257ed7e00873af2ad9bb22c3ddc4cf62cd145453d577113f993efd025f258dd86aa183 – before ae84a2536577057e97f23f75a202e26d0e86cf015199fc5dc9c519115457406009fcefd50721c9956.18.20 – before 6.18.506.19.10 – before 6.20
Linux Linux 7.0

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