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CVE-2026-43074

Updated on 06 May 2026

Severity

7.8 High severity

Details

CVSS score
7.8
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE ID
Links
NISTCIRCLRHELUbuntu

Overview

About vulnerability

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.

Details

Affected product:
AlmaLinux 9.2 ESU , TuxCare 9.6 ESU , Ubuntu 20.04 ELS
Affected packages:
kernel @ 5.14.0 (+2 more)

Fixes

KernelCare state

Live-patch status from KernelCare for each operating system.

Operating system Status Covered kernels
AlmaLinux 10 Released
44 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.28.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.33.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.38.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.42.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.43.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.45.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.49.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.52.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.55.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.20.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.18.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.16.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.22.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.28.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.30.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.7.4.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.29.1.el10_2
AlmaLinux 9.6 ESU Ready For Release —
Debian 13 Planned —
RHEL 10 Released
47 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.28.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.31.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.33.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.38.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.41.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.42.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.43.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.9.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.11.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.39.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.43.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.45.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.49.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.52.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.55.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.56.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-211.16.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.7.3.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-211.18.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.20.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.22.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.28.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.29.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.30.1.el10_2
RHEL 9 Planned —
Rocky Linux 10 Released
32 kernels
  • 6.12.0-55.27.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.29.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.30.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.32.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.34.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.39.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.40.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-55.41.1.el10_0
  • 6.12.0-124.8.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.13.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.16.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.20.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.21.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.27.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.28.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.29.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.38.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.45.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.47.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.49.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.52.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.55.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.56.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-124.40.1.el10_1
  • 6.12.0-211.18.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.22.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.26.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.28.1.el10_2
  • 6.12.0-211.16.1.el10_2.0.1
Ubuntu 22.04 Planned —
Ubuntu 24.04 Planned —