kernel: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's procfs component. When reading /proc/pid/stat, the dotaskstat function accesses task-realparent without proper Read-Copy-Update RCU protection. This missing protection creates a race condition, which can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability. A local...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

An update for kernel is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8. 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: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's procfs component. When reading /proc/pid/stat, the dotaskstat function accesses task-realparent without proper Read-Copy-Update RCU protection. This missing protection creates a race condition, which can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability. A local...

Important: kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update

The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: tcp: fix potential race in tcpv6synrecvsock CVE-2026-43198 kernel: netfilter: nfnetlinkcthelper: fix OOB read in nfnlcthelperdumptable CVE-2026-43450 kernel: sctp: revalidate list cursor...

RHEL 8 : kernel (RHSA-2026:36349)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:36349 advisory. The kernel packages contain the Linux kernel, the core of any Linux operating system. Security Fixes: kernel: tcp: fix potential race in...

RHEL 8 : kernel-rt (RHSA-2026:36348)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2026:36348 advisory. The kernel-rt packages provide the Real Time Linux Kernel, which enables fine-tuning for systems with extremely high determinism...

kernel: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's procfs component. When reading /proc/pid/stat, the dotaskstat function accesses task-realparent without proper Read-Copy-Update RCU protection. This missing protection creates a race condition, which can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability. A local...

Exploit for CVE-2025-40271

CVE-2025-40271 — procreaddirde rb-tree UAF LPE Proof-of-c...

FreeBSD Security Advisory - FreeBSD-SA-26:39.execve

FreeBSD Security Advisory - During execve2 of a SUID binary, the new virtual address space is installed before the process credentials are updated. During this window, a process running as the same user can access the target process's memory via procfs or linprocfs, because the kernel's debugging...

FreeBSD-SA-26:39.execve

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 ============================================================================= FreeBSD-SA-26:39.execve Security Advisory The FreeBSD Project Topic: Local privilege escalation via execve2 TOCTOU race Category: core Module: execve Announced: 2026-06-30...

FreeBSD -- Local privilege escalation via execve(2) TOCTOU race

Problem Description: During execve2 of a SUID binary, the new virtual address space is installed before the process credentials are updated. During this window, a process running as the same user can access the target process's memory via procfs or linprocfs, because the kernel's debugging...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: Fixed a possible double mmput operation in doprocmapquery. When a user provides a buffer of incorrect size for the PROCMAPQUERY build ID, we return an -ENAMETOOLONG error. After recent changes, this condition occurs later...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability in Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerabilities have been resolved: procfs: Avoid fetching the build ID while holding the VMA lock. Fix the PROCMAPQUERY to fetch the optional build ID only after releasing the mmaplock or the per-VMA lock, whichever was used to lock the VMA, to prevent deadlock...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 6.1, Linux 6.12

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: Fixed a missing RCU protection when reading realparent in dotaskstat. When reading /proc/pid/stat, dotaskstat accesses task-realparent without proper RCU protection. This leads to the following sequence of events: cpu 0 c...

Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 6.12, Linux 6.1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/proc: fixed a UAF in procreaddirde. The pde is erased from the subdir rbtree through rberase, but the node is not set to EMPTY, which may lead to UAF access. We should use RBCLEARNODE to set the erased node to EMPTY. Then,...

SUSE CVE-2026-46259

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading realparent in dotaskstat When reading /proc/pid/stat, dotaskstat accesses task-realparent without proper RCU protection, which leads to: cpu 0 cpu 1 ----- ----- dotaskstat var =...

CVE-2026-46259

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's procfs component. When reading /proc/pid/stat, the dotaskstat function accesses task-realparent without proper Read-Copy-Update RCU protection. This missing protection creates a race condition, which can lead to a Use-After-Free UAF vulnerability. A local...

CVE-2026-46259

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading realparent in dotaskstat When reading /proc/pid/stat, dotaskstat accesses task-realparent without proper RCU protection, which leads to: cpu 0 cpu 1 ----- ----- dotaskstat var =...

CVE-2026-46259 procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading realparent in dotaskstat When reading /proc/pid/stat, dotaskstat accesses task-realparent without proper RCU protection, which leads to: cpu 0 cpu 1 ----- ----- dotaskstat var =...

CVE-2026-46259

In the Linux kernel procfs path do_task_stat() reading /proc/[pid]/stat, task->real_parent is accessed without proper RCU protection, enabling a potential Use-After-Free when another task is released. The fix switches from task_tgid_nr_ns() to task_ppid_nr_ns() to add proper RCU protection for...