In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: audit: fix potential use...

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

audit: fix potential use-after-free in audit_del_rule()

audit_del_rule() destroys e->rule.exe via audit_remove_mark_rule() before unlinking the rule from RCU-visible filter lists and waiting for a grace period. Concurrent readers in audit_filter() and audit_filter_rules() still dereference e->rule.exe, while the fsnotify mark can be freed on an independent lifetime path. This creates a use-after-free window during rule deletion.

Fix this by unlinking the rule from the RCU-visible lists and invoking synchronize_rcu() before calling audit_remove_mark_rule() (and other rule removal helpers). This ensures that all existing RCU readers have exited the critical section before any underlying resources are destroyed.