---
id: CVE-2026-93131
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  platform/x86: dell-privacy: Fix race condition

  Accessing priv->features_present needs to happen with the list mutex
  being held, otherwise priv can be freed at any moment.
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  platform/x86: dell-privacy: Fix race condition

  Accessing priv->features_present needs to happen with the list mutex
  being held, otherwise priv can be freed at any moment.
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    239ae86b7c97341f49d2ba32037ee3ddbaf0f1ab
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    2d2108685a491b369f95774d0a7579d6e5287215
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    a22beeb90475b5f71a477564eecf764b24f47277
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    f3c4532f6dac8fb5504d342e2a15e6353e5eb56e
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    9f860050c3d17ff8499d3998f7534d306c3da50a
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    ef59ff891adf9bd696917f71f841fdb23c245790
  - >-
    Linux >= 8af9fa37b8a3637832cbf8fdd9bd828bd5f0de66 <
    ca9338dbc64759b30741b12017c050b33c94dfa2
  - Linux 5.14
published: '2026-09-17'
updated: '2026-09-17'
sourceUpdated: '2026-09-17T17:18:07.923'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-93131'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239ae86b7c97341f49d2ba32037ee3ddbaf0f1ab'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d2108685a491b369f95774d0a7579d6e5287215'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f860050c3d17ff8499d3998f7534d306c3da50a'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a22beeb90475b5f71a477564eecf764b24f47277'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca9338dbc64759b30741b12017c050b33c94dfa2'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef59ff891adf9bd696917f71f841fdb23c245790'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3c4532f6dac8fb5504d342e2a15e6353e5eb56e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
ingestedAt: '2026-09-17T16:21:47.747Z'
epss: 0.00215
epssPercentile: 0.12166
---

## Overview

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

platform/x86: dell-privacy: Fix race condition

Accessing priv->features_present needs to happen with the list mutex
being held, otherwise priv can be freed at any moment.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.