CVE-2026-89988

kprobes: Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: September 16, 2026 at 10:33 AM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 09:18 AM 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: kprobes: Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU __within_kprobe_blacklist() traverses kprobe_blacklist without holding kprobe_mutex. When a module is unloaded, kprobe_remove_area_blacklist() removes blacklist entries and immediately frees them with kfree(). A concurrent call to within_kprobe_blacklist() can therefore dereference freed memory. Furthermore, within_kprobe_blacklist() can be called in atomic or non-preemptible contexts where the sleeping kprobe_mutex cannot be taken. Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU. Use guard(rcu)() and list_for_each_entry_rcu() for traversal, list_add_tail_rcu() for insertions, list_del_rcu() for deletions, and kfree_rcu() to reclaim entries safely after a grace period.

Affected

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

3.16376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13
Vendor states this is fixed in 0c4256196b3a105307e2235fbfd85e768bbcdd0f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 518d9b5568bb06f86e4434f7a30faa9612ea91ad (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5da247e4d1e8661d4d6f997101d59967e8994e32 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 630ed8734a02b992e8a97538179c2ece42c5210f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e62cf983a2bd547e6bbd3f935539233e5f97f8f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f406205003f741225f620f0e357ca0de71d45e3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.188 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.51 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.157 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2.5 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.3-rc2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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