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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD7.8 High

CVE-2026-46259

procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat() When reading /proc/[pid]/stat, do_task_stat() accesses task->real_parent without proper RCU protection, which leads to: cpu 0 cpu 1 ----- ----- do_task_stat var = task->real_parent release_task call_rcu(delayed_put_task_struct) task_tgid_nr_ns(var) rcu_read_lock <--- Too late to protect task->real_parent! task_pid_ptr <--- UAF! rcu_read_unlock This patch uses task_ppid_nr_ns() instead of task_tgid_nr_ns() to add proper RCU protection for accessing task->real_parent.

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

  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < fefa0fcd78be465b7ad4c497fa6ec90d64194c04affected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < c93a33f28f915d446eea6fb3f0e1def0b3af1982affected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < 1c8dc5b5517546c68ffae40b948336122bb61306affected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < 0e64bd46a04a4fd61279aca9f53a664e9e5f7e7eaffected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < 73ec7c96601d61d52310c659145bb06d933a0fa6affected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < 4f9ae386861e280b7631ca252f798d25575627eeaffected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < dd8b13cb4ff1a4545a214ed897fdf2bc341155b6affected
  • 06fffb1267c9d986687b69d74a46ee332a50575e to < 76149d53502cf17ef3ae454ff384551236fba867affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 2.6.26affected
  • 0 to < 2.6.26unaffected
  • 5.10.252 to ≤ 5.10.*unaffected
  • 5.15.202 to ≤ 5.15.*unaffected
  • 6.1.165 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.128 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.75 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.14 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 6.19.4 to ≤ 6.19.*unaffected
  • 7.0 to ≤ *unaffected

References