Bug 2467019 (CVE-2026-43074) - CVE-2026-43074 kernel: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period
Summary: CVE-2026-43074 kernel: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace pe...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-43074
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-05-06 10:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-05-19 12:29 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-05-06 10:03:27 UTC
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.


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