A vulnerability has been found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.20/6.19.10/7.0-rc5 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function vma_modify_flags. Performing a manipulation results in excessive iteration.

This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-23416. The attack can only be performed from the local network. There is not any exploit available.

The affected component should be upgraded.