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CVE-2026-43074

HIGH CVSS: 7.8 Published: 2026-05-06 Modified: 2026-06-17

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

CWE-401

References