CVE-2026-81004: Linux

High severity, CVSS 8.4. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 products

• Linux Linux: from 6.18.20, before 6.18.50 (fixed in 6.18.50); from 6.19.10, before 6.20 (fixed in 6.20); from 7.0, before 7.2.4 (fixed in 7.2.4)

Published 2026-09-11. Last modified 2026-09-13.