CVEvulnerability

CVE-2026-64015

7.8 HIGH Published 2026-07-19 Modified 2026-10-30 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2026-07-19
Last modified
2026-10-30
Assigner
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses
CWE-125, CWE-362

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: security/keys: fix missed RCU read section on lookup Nicholas Carlini reports that the keyring code calls assoc_array_find() in find_key_to_update() without holding the RCU read lock, while the assoc_array_gc() code really is designed around removing the node from the tree and then freeing it after an RCU grace-period. The regular key handling doesn't see this because holding the keyring semaphore hides any lifetime issues, but the persistent key handling uses a different model. Instead of extending the keyring locking, just do the simple RCU locking that the assoc_array was designed for.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (>= 3.13 < 6.1.175) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.142) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.92) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.34) • linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.11) • linux linux kernel 7.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization weakness

References