# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-63823"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-07-19T12:02:19.847Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T20:07:48.726Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-63823"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-63823.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63823"
title: "keys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkeys: Pin request_key_auth payload in instantiate paths\n\nA: request_key()       B: KEYCTL_INSTANTIATE_IOV\n================       =========================\n\ncreate auth key\nstore rka in auth key\nwait for helper\n                       get auth key\n                       load rka from auth key\n                       copy user payload\n                       sleep on #PF\n\nhelper completed\ndetach and free rka\ndestroy auth key\n                       wake up\n                       use rka-\u003etarget_key\n                       **USE-AFTER-FREE**\n\nGive request_key_auth payloads a refcount.  Take a payload reference while\nauthkey-\u003esem stabilizes the payload and revocation state.  Hold that\nreference across the instantiate and reject paths.  Drop the auth key\nowning reference from revoke and destroy.\n\n[jarkko: Replaced the first two paragraphs of text with an actual\n concurrency scenario.]"
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