Bug 2516248 (CVE-2026-72069)
| Summary: | CVE-2026-72069 kernel: locking/rt: Fix the incorrect RCU protection in rt_spin_unlock() | ||
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| Product: | [Other] Security Response | Reporter: | OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport> |
| Component: | vulnerability | Assignee: | Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev> |
| Status: | NEW --- | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | medium | Docs Contact: | |
| Priority: | medium | ||
| Version: | unspecified | CC: | rhel-process-autobot, watson-tool-maintainers |
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| Hardware: | All | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The `rt_spin_unlock()` function, and similar real-time (RT) locking mechanisms, incorrectly release Read-Copy-Update (RCU) protection before fully unlocking, leading to a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability. This issue could allow a local attacker to potentially cause a denial of service or achieve privilege escalation.
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Description
OSIDB Bzimport
2026-08-15 06:02:36 UTC
Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026081519-CVE-2026-72069-dde8@gregkh/T This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:61887 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:61887 This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:63129 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:63129 |