kernel: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll mechanism. A Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability, where the system attempts to access memory after it has been freed, can occur during the removal of a file. A local attacker could exploit this race condition to corrupt memory, potentially leading to...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from th...

kernel: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll component. In certain situations, the epfree function in eventpoll.c can prematurely free the eventpoll data structure while it is still being used by another concurrent thread. This use-after-free UAF vulnerability could allow a local attacker to...

kernel: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll component. In certain situations, the epfree function in eventpoll.c can prematurely free the eventpoll data structure while it is still being used by another concurrent thread. This use-after-free UAF vulnerability could allow a local attacker to...

kernel: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll mechanism. A Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability, where the system attempts to access memory after it has been freed, can occur during the removal of a file. A local attacker could exploit this race condition to corrupt memory, potentially leading to...

kernel: eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll mechanism. A Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability, where the system attempts to access memory after it has been freed, can occur during the removal of a file. A local attacker could exploit this race condition to corrupt memory, potentially leading to...

kernel: eventpoll: defer struct eventpoll free to RCU grace period

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll component. In certain situations, the epfree function in eventpoll.c can prematurely free the eventpoll data structure while it is still being used by another concurrent thread. This use-after-free UAF vulnerability could allow a local attacker to...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security update

An update for kernel is now available for NVIDIA for RHEL 10. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE...

Oracle Linux 10 / 9 : Unbreakable Enterprise kernel (ELSA-2026-50372)

The remote Oracle Linux 10 / 9 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2026-50372 advisory. - net/sched: fix pedit partial COW leading to page cache corruption Rajat Gupta CVE-2026-46331 - eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struc...

SUSE-SU-2026:2632-1 Security update for the Linux Kernel

The SUSE Linux Enterprise 15 SP6 kernel was updated to fix various security issues The following security issues were fixed: - CVE-2025-10263: arm64: errata: Mitigate TLBI errata on various Arm CPUs bsc1266290. - CVE-2025-68324: scsi: imm: Fix use-after-free bug caused by unfinished delayed work...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 6.1, Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: Deferring the epfree function in eventpoll.c to an RCU callback during a grace period. In certain situations, epfree in eventpoll.c will free the epi-ep structure while it is still being used by another concurrent...

CVE-2026-46242

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's eventpoll mechanism. A Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability, where the system attempts to access memory after it has been freed, can occur during the removal of a file. A local attacker could exploit this race condition to corrupt memory, potentially leading to...

SUSE CVE-2026-46242

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF epremove via epremovefile cleared file-fep under file-flock but then kept using @file inside the critical section isfileepoll, hlistdelrcu through the head, spinunlock. A...

CVE-2026-46242

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF epremove via epremovefile cleared file-fep under file-flock but then kept using @file inside the critical section isfileepoll, hlistdelrcu through the head, spinunlock. A...

UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46242

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF epremove via epremovefile cleared file-fep under file-flock but then kept using @file inside the critical section isfileepoll, hlistdelrcu through the head, spinunlock. A...

CVE-2026-46242 eventpoll: fix ep_remove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF epremove via epremovefile cleared file-fep under file-flock but then kept using @file inside the critical section isfileepoll, hlistdelrcu through the head, spinunlock. A...

CVE-2026-46242

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF epremove via epremovefile cleared file-fep under file-flock but then kept using @file inside the critical section isfileepoll, hlistdelrcu through the head, spinunlock. A...

CVE-2026-46242

Summary (CVE-2026-46242) : The Linux kernel contains a fix for a UAF in eventpoll related to ep_remove. The bug arose when ep_remove_file() cleared file->f_ep under file->f_lock but continued using @file inside the critical section, allowing a concurrent path to reach freed memory via f_op-...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-46242

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - eventpoll: fix epremove struct eventpoll / struct file UAF epremove via epremovefile cleared file-fep under file-flock but then kept using @file inside the...

PT-2026-45095

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions 6.4 through 6.12.67 Description A race condition in the epoll subsystem leads to a use-after-free UAF scenario. The ep remove function via ep remove file clears file-f ep under file-f lock but continues to use the @file...