A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.33/7.0.9 and classified as critical . The impacted element is the function fuse_dentry_revalidate of the file fs/fuse/dir.c of the component fuse . Executing a manipulation of the argument d_time can lead to privilege escalation. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-53311 . The attack is only possible within the local network. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.