Bug 2559731 (CVE-2026-99051)

Summary:	CVE-2026-99051 kernel: fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	OSIDB Bzimport <bzimport>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Product Security DevOps Team <prodsec-dev>
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	akhatavk, aos-team-art-private, asdas, dpaolell, jdelft, jupierce, lgarciaa, mbiarnes, ppalepu, ppostler, prdhamdh, rhel-process-autobot, sghai, sidsharm, suppawar, vlaad, watson-tool-maintainers
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Doc Text:	A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's fsverity subsystem. A lack of proper synchronization when removing file verification structures allows concurrent lookup operations to access memory after it has been freed. A local user could exploit this vulnerability by triggering simultaneous file operations to cause a system crash, resulting in a denial of service (DoS), or potentially execute arbitrary code.	Story Points:	---
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-10-23 13:25:24 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info

__fsverity_get_info() calls rhashtable_lookup_fast(), which just uses
rcu_read_lock() and doesn't directly synchronize with
fsverity_remove_info().

For the same inode this isn't a problem: its fsverity_info is removed
only at inode eviction time or upon failure to enable verity, when the
inode no longer needs its fsverity_info and it will no longer be
accessed via that inode.

However, this is broken and can cause a use-after-free for concurrent
__fsverity_get_info() for *different* inodes.  Those rely on following
fsverity_info::rhash_head in the rhashtable under rcu_read_lock() only.
They also use fsverity_info::inode to do the key comparison.

Fix this by RCU-delaying the freeing of 'struct fsverity_info' after
it's been removed from the rhashtable.

Comment 1 gkamathe 2026-10-27 02:16:42 UTC

Upstream advisory:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git/plain/cve/published/2026/CVE-2026-99051.mbox