CVE-2026-46106

eventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 28, 2026 at 09:35 AM UTC
Updated: June 27, 2026 at 11:41 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events Commit 340f0c7067a9 ("eventfs: Update all the eventfs_inodes from the events descriptor") had eventfs_set_attrs() recurse through ei->children on remount. The walk only holds the rcu_read_lock() taken by tracefs_apply_options() over tracefs_inodes, which is wrong: - list_for_each_entry over ei->children races with the list_del_rcu() in eventfs_remove_rec() -- LIST_POISON1 deref, same shape as d2603279c7d6. - eventfs_inodes are freed via call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, ...). rcu_read_lock() does not extend an SRCU grace period, so ti->private can be reclaimed under the walk. - The writes to ei->attr race with eventfs_set_attr(), which holds eventfs_mutex. Reproducer: while :; do mount -o remount,uid=$((RANDOM%1000)) /sys/kernel/tracing; done & while :; do echo "p:kp submit_bio" > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events echo > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events done Wrap the events portion of tracefs_apply_options() in eventfs_remount_lock()/_unlock() that take eventfs_mutex and srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu). eventfs_set_attrs() doesn't sleep so the nested rcu_read_lock() is fine; lockdep_assert_held() pins the contract. Comment in tracefs_drop_inode() said "RCU cycle" -- it is SRCU.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 6.9.66.10 ≤ v < 6.12.886.10 ≤ v < 6.18.306.10 ≤ v < 7.0.76.10 ≤ v < 7.16.13 ≤ v < 6.18.306.19 ≤ v < 7.0.76.6.35 ≤ v < 6.6.1406.9.6 ≤ v < 6.106.9.6 ≤ v < 6.12.88340f0c7067a95281ad13734f8225f49c6cf520676.106.6.356.9.67ec535ed8724d18ae4e714d2277a5b89450659d299b86d85f7c73d676c50e8c35748f94dd41389da
Vendor states this is fixed in 07004a8c4b572171934390148ee48c4175c77eed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 44e64d8a432837308f4dda3ffe819f1ec092a0ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 52b109f1b875b912d4ab2c5fdd8c322d47119d9b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ae9cd0b46b1890040006a2fc5e905c5d6053fd02 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ed2ad73bcb0a7a6cc934097d4853b6d5124c317e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.88 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.30 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.140 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
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