CVE-2026-43074CWE-401CWE-416

CVE-2026-43074

High · published May 6, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
6.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00176 · 6.7th percentile
Weaknesses
CWE-401 · Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime; CWE-416 · Use After Free
Published
2026-05-06T14:16Z
Affected products (12)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.4.1, < 6.6.1366.6.136
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.836.12.83
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.18.246.18.24
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.19, < 6.19.146.19.14
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References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 06 MAY 07:21Z
    eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period
    cvelistv5