GHSA-4j6h-qqh4-vpw7HighCVSS 7.8
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: defer struct...
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period
In certain situations, ep_free() in eventpoll.c will kfree the epi->ep
eventpoll struct while it still being used by another concurrent thread.
Defer the kfree() to an RCU callback to prevent UAF.
🔗 References (7)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-43074
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07712db80857d5d09ae08f3df85a708ecfc3b61f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b1173b165421561db29f30afc7e97d940a398a9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e8083f5eeedab0f460063b9c2c14c9a4e71a427
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6566cd33f6f967a7651ebf2ce0dd31572e319cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae0bb9c1fb7c2594519aeeb096cf2c3b7837b322
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4j6h-qqh4-vpw7