High [CVE-2026-8936] Docker Desktop: Fixed a VM panic caused by unbounded recursion in the grpcfuse kernel module when a container created deeply nested directories on a bind-mounted host folder and triggered a dentry invalidation event
This high-severity Docker advisory covers CVE-2026-8936 affecting Docker Desktop.
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Summary
Fixed a VM panic caused by unbounded recursion in the grpcfuse kernel module when a container created deeply nested directories on a bind-mounted host folder and triggered a dentry invalidation event. This issue has been fixed in Docker Desktop 4.76.0.
Affected versions
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- 4.76.0
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Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: 4.76.0. That is the remediation for this advisory.
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