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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-43074

eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • f2451def095c1743adcfcb0cb5dadc86034e162a to < 902120be4f44947df6311002addc7faf69bdbff1affected
  • a1f93804449d13f97dabd4b996817de4bf1ed67a to < a6d57084372161f86660bc4607784420e00efe2caffected
  • 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a to < a6566cd33f6f967a7651ebf2ce0dd31572e319cfaffected
  • 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a to < 5b1173b165421561db29f30afc7e97d940a398a9affected
  • 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a to < 7e8083f5eeedab0f460063b9c2c14c9a4e71a427affected
  • 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a to < ae0bb9c1fb7c2594519aeeb096cf2c3b7837b322affected
  • 58c9b016e12855286370dfb704c08498edbc857a to < 07712db80857d5d09ae08f3df85a708ecfc3b61faffected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.4affected
  • 0 to < 6.4unaffected
  • 6.6.136 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.83 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.24 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.14 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

References