CVE-2026-74512
Gravedad CVSS v3.1:
ALTA
Tipo:
No Disponible / Otro tipo
Fecha de publicación:
15/08/2026
Última modificación:
19/08/2026
Descripción
*** Pendiente de traducción *** In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
audit: fix potential use-after-free in audit_del_rule()<br />
<br />
`audit_del_rule()` destroys `e->rule.exe` via `audit_remove_mark_rule()`<br />
before unlinking the rule from RCU-visible filter lists and waiting for a<br />
grace period. Concurrent readers in `audit_filter()` and<br />
`audit_filter_rules()` still dereference `e->rule.exe`, while the fsnotify<br />
mark can be freed on an independent lifetime path. This creates a<br />
use-after-free window during rule deletion.<br />
<br />
Fix this by unlinking the rule from the RCU-visible lists and invoking<br />
`synchronize_rcu()` before calling `audit_remove_mark_rule()` (and other<br />
rule removal helpers). This ensures that all existing RCU readers have<br />
exited the critical section before any underlying resources are destroyed.
Impacto
Puntuación base 3.x
7.80
Gravedad 3.x
ALTA
Referencias a soluciones, herramientas e información
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/246df90b5f1a8a6e6abbd2f058b029558720adec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f82927b399d7a276c0c12b6ff4424b747a0c9a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45bf3df5b32e5a49953e7ceabc55f7dd85380e46
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b8f46864f06d6dbacb7dcea52bc084dfd122638
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78bde7e9bd36eaae1b8e8cfcd47f12a34f301dbf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ae135a8962be9d4e8a131eb18eb06cdf02a47ce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/93616c567469510b7bba55b2674e0c4523fd7e64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae0dfed5d307b240bff71c3cf206652d1b6f215


