CVE-2026-64075

fprobe: Fix unregister_fprobe() to wait for RCU grace period

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2026 at 03:39 PM UTC
Updated: September 3, 2026 at 03:04 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fprobe: Fix unregister_fprobe() to wait for RCU grace period Commit 4346ba1604093 ("fprobe: Rewrite fprobe on function-graph tracer") changed fprobe to register struct fprobe to an rcu-hlist, but it forgot to wait for RCU GP. Thus there can be use-after-free if the fprobe is released right after unregistering. This can be happened on fprobe event and sample module code. To fix this issue, add synchronize_rcu() in unregister_fprobe(). Note that BPF is OK because fprobe is used as a part of bpf_kprobe_multi_link. This unregisters its fprobe in bpf_kprobe_multi_link_release() and it is deallocated via bpf_kprobe_multi_link_dealloc(), which is invoked from bpf_link_defer_dealloc_rcu_gp() RCU callback. For BPF, this also introduced unregister_fprobe_async() which does NOT wait for RCU grace priod.

Affected

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

6.14 ≤ v < 6.18.346.14 ≤ v < 7.0.116.14 ≤ v < 7.16.19 ≤ v < 7.0.114346ba1604093305a287e08eb465a9c15ba05b807.1 rc17.1 rc27.1 rc3
Vendor states this is fixed in 56b4cfcf1518245493c60fd39c56978f508f1816 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 657b594b2084b39a4bc6d8493aa2140cb00cea49 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a4f6a9005ed6cfd360ef2520430927f05f92ffb0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.34 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-416

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