{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2026-46106", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2026-05-13T15:03:33.097Z", "datePublished": "2026-05-28T09:35:11.034Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T17:54:53.367Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-06-14T17:54:53.367Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\neventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events\n\nCommit 340f0c7067a9 (\"eventfs: Update all the eventfs_inodes from the\nevents descriptor\") had eventfs_set_attrs() recurse through ei->children\non remount. The walk only holds the rcu_read_lock() taken by\ntracefs_apply_options() over tracefs_inodes, which is wrong:\n\n - list_for_each_entry over ei->children races with the list_del_rcu()\n in eventfs_remove_rec() -- LIST_POISON1 deref, same shape as\n d2603279c7d6.\n - eventfs_inodes are freed via call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, ...).\n rcu_read_lock() does not extend an SRCU grace period, so ti->private\n can be reclaimed under the walk.\n - The writes to ei->attr race with eventfs_set_attr(), which holds\n eventfs_mutex.\n\nReproducer:\n\n while :; do mount -o remount,uid=$((RANDOM%1000)) /sys/kernel/tracing; done &\n while :; do\n echo \"p:kp submit_bio\" > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events\n echo > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events\n done\n\nWrap the events portion of tracefs_apply_options() in\neventfs_remount_lock()/_unlock() that take eventfs_mutex and\nsrcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu). eventfs_set_attrs() doesn't sleep so the\nnested rcu_read_lock() is fine; lockdep_assert_held() pins the contract.\n\nComment in tracefs_drop_inode() said \"RCU cycle\" -- it is SRCU." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/tracefs/event_inode.c", "fs/tracefs/inode.c", "fs/tracefs/internal.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7ec535ed8724d18ae4e714d2277a5b89450659d2", "lessThan": "ae9cd0b46b1890040006a2fc5e905c5d6053fd02", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "340f0c7067a95281ad13734f8225f49c6cf52067", "lessThan": "44e64d8a432837308f4dda3ffe819f1ec092a0ba", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "340f0c7067a95281ad13734f8225f49c6cf52067", "lessThan": "52b109f1b875b912d4ab2c5fdd8c322d47119d9b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "340f0c7067a95281ad13734f8225f49c6cf52067", "lessThan": "ed2ad73bcb0a7a6cc934097d4853b6d5124c317e", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "340f0c7067a95281ad13734f8225f49c6cf52067", "lessThan": "07004a8c4b572171934390148ee48c4175c77eed", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "99b86d85f7c73d676c50e8c35748f94dd41389da", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "6.6.35", "lessThan": "6.6.140", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.9.6", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "fs/tracefs/event_inode.c", "fs/tracefs/inode.c", "fs/tracefs/internal.h" ], "versions": [ { "version": "6.10", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "6.10", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.6.140", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.12.88", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.18.30", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.0.7", "lessThanOrEqual": "7.0.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "7.1", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.6.35", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.140" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.88" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "6.18.30" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.0.7" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.10", "versionEndExcluding": "7.1" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "6.9.6" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae9cd0b46b1890040006a2fc5e905c5d6053fd02" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e64d8a432837308f4dda3ffe819f1ec092a0ba" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b109f1b875b912d4ab2c5fdd8c322d47119d9b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2ad73bcb0a7a6cc934097d4853b6d5124c317e" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07004a8c4b572171934390148ee48c4175c77eed" } ], "title": "eventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }