CVE-2026-74606 PUBLISHED

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 15.08.2026 Published: 22.08.2026 Updated: 22.08.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

eventfs: Fix use-after-free in eventfs_remove_rec()

eventfs_remove_rec() recursively removes the child at the current loop position. After the recursive call returns, list_for_each_entry() advances by reading list.next from the removed child.

If free_ei() drops the final reference, release_ei() reuses the list/rcu union to queue an SRCU callback. The child may be freed before that read. The eventfs_mutex serializes list updates, but it does not keep the removed child alive or prevent the SRCU callback from running.

Use list_for_each_entry_safe() to save the next sibling before recursively removing the current child.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 5dfb04100326f70e3b2d2872c2476ed20b804837 to b77581b25e213e83b79ce11eb30024e55ceeb3e9 (excl.)
  • affected from 43aa6f97c2d03a52c1ddb86768575fc84344bdbb to f161d7861a0bfdf10af6b738b3b57636204661fb (excl.)
  • affected from 43aa6f97c2d03a52c1ddb86768575fc84344bdbb to 5635211b44969f4816e29ec4d5f8665fb39535d0 (excl.)
  • affected from 43aa6f97c2d03a52c1ddb86768575fc84344bdbb to 74bb1eaf72d185a78c879eb2678ea500f82f46a8 (excl.)
  • affected from 43aa6f97c2d03a52c1ddb86768575fc84344bdbb to fd73b691702170d37d66f4b0278530cea8ed419a (excl.)
  • Version 5a43badefe0eccca0c26144c0a44b8d417ce8103 is affected
  • affected from 6.6.18 to 6.6.152 (excl.)
  • affected from 6.7.6 to 6.8 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 6.8 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 6.8 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.152 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.104 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.45 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1.9 to 7.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2 to * (incl.)

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