CVE Catalog

CVE-2026-74606

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.13%

2th percentile - higher than 2% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel eventfs subsystem, a use-after-free vulnerability was found in eventfs_remove_rec(). During recursive removal, the list iterator may read a pointer after memory is freed, leading to security issues.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker with permissions to mount/unmount tracefs filesystems could cause arbitrary code execution in the kernel or system crash.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel update containing the fix that uses list_for_each_entry_safe() for safe iteration. Reboot the system after the update.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec() eventfs_remove_rec() recursively removes the child at the current loop position. After the recursive call returns, list_for_each_entry() advances by reading list.next from the removed child. If free_ei() drops the final reference, release_ei() reuses the list/rcu union to queue an SRCU callback. The child may be freed before that read. The eventfs_mutex serializes list updates, but it does not keep the removed child alive or prevent the SRCU callback from running. Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to save the next sibling before recursively removing the current child.

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