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CVE-2026-43074
HIGH · CVSS 7.8
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2026-05-06T10:16:20.343 · Last modified 2026-06-17T10:48:53.150

Summary

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 products

linux — linux_kernel

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