How many CVEs have patched checkInstanceCountLimit?

1 published CVEs changed checkInstanceCountLimit in canonical/lxd, in 3 distinct patches totalling 4 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.

What is the latest CVE that changed checkInstanceCountLimit?

CVE-2026-9640 (LXD Snapshot Import Privilege Escalation Vulnerability), published 2026-06-26, changed lines 148 of lxd/project/limits/permissions.go.

How does checkInstanceCountLimit compare to the rest of canonical/lxd?

canonical/lxd has 14 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed checkInstanceCountLimit.

What do the line numbers refer to?

Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

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2 files

checkInstanceCountLimit

Name: checkInstanceCountLimit in canonical/lxd: CVE fixes
Creator: RadicalNotion.AI
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

Defined in 2 files

Last patched June 26, 2026

1

CVEs

That changed this function

3

Distinct patches

Backports counted once

4

Lines changed

Added plus removed

2026

Years

By CVE publication date

Overview

checkInstanceCountLimit in canonical/lxd was changed by 1 published CVE fixes in 2026, in 3 distinct patches that added or removed 4 lines in total.

The name occurs in 2 files: lxd/project/limits/permissions.go, lxd/project/permissions.go.

canonical/lxd has 14 CVEs with a located fix in total, so 7% of them touched this function.

CVEs that patched it

Every published CVE whose fix changed checkInstanceCountLimit, newest first, with the lines each fix touched.

LXD Snapshot Import Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2026-9640 · lxd/project/limits/permissions.go · line 148 · +1 −1
High · CVSS 7.2
EPSS 0.6%2026-06-26
LXD Snapshot Import Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
CVE-2026-9640 · lxd/project/permissions.go · line 110 · +1 −1
High · CVSS 7.2
EPSS 0.6%2026-06-26

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Functions in canonical/lxd changed by the most CVE fixes.

createFromBackup4 CVEs · lxd/instances_post.go ImageDownload2 CVEs · lxd/daemon_images.go compressFile2 CVEs · lxd/images.go instancePostMigration2 CVEs · lxd/instance_post.go adjustSnapRootDiskPool2 CVEs · lxd/instance.go instanceCreateAsCopy2 CVEs · lxd/instance.go

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about CVE fixes to checkInstanceCountLimit.

How many CVEs have patched checkInstanceCountLimit?: 1 published CVEs changed checkInstanceCountLimit in canonical/lxd, in 3 distinct patches totalling 4 changed lines, between 2026 and 2026.
What is the latest CVE that changed checkInstanceCountLimit?: CVE-2026-9640 (LXD Snapshot Import Privilege Escalation Vulnerability), published 2026-06-26, changed lines 148 of lxd/project/limits/permissions.go.
How does checkInstanceCountLimit compare to the rest of canonical/lxd?: canonical/lxd has 14 CVEs with a located fix in total; 1 of them changed checkInstanceCountLimit.
What do the line numbers refer to?: Line numbers are in the fixed version of the file, as the upstream patch left it. A CVE whose fix was backported to several branches is listed once, with the lines from the upstream commit.

References

Fix locations are computed by RadicalNotion.AI from the upstream patch diff of each CVE. CVE data is sourced from the CVE Program.

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