Answer in brief
CVE-2026-74363 records a High severity (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in bpf: fix UAF by restoring RCU-delayed inode freeing in bpffs. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=e28616ca3d67e745ecb2f10eba4a626e1fc9a203 <ea1c243c39e32b7fc1c2edfe32081ff7e30a877c || >=743a620c661994c7f0938e6dd32fb0883fb1e0ea <5fecb71c10c28aef276ba49c718dc961745fdcf0 || >=b6e9645be9eb93f7aff3ca887f8edb6f1d63358f <c70d0f9114c3cc156f6029a400c4eb7e6f7c82b2 || >=ee04cff9ed4d6bb25802f5cecfcd0750500410f3 <53649846e0437d1d9b7cb993cfe54c367addf7ae || >=4f375ade6aa9f37fd72d7a78682f639772089eed <61f19729728243c82476dee31315143ed3275e7f || >=4f375ade6aa9f37fd72d7a78682f639772089eed <0497ff765746d9b2d17445c8f7cc737b36c0152a || >=4f375ade6aa9f37fd72d7a78682f639772089eed <b93c55b4932dd7e32dca8cf34a3443cc87a02906 || de2d2baecc84cc7fca52eec2b9b55d89c93e3565 || >=5.15.195 <5.15.212 || >=6.1.157 <6.1.178 || >=6.6.113 <6.6.145 || >=6.12.54 <6.12.97 || >=6.17.4 <6.18 | ea1c243c39e32b7fc1c2edfe32081ff7e30a877c, 5fecb71c10c28aef276ba49c718dc961745fdcf0, c70d0f9114c3cc156f6029a400c4eb7e6f7c82b2, 53649846e0437d1d9b7cb993cfe54c367addf7ae, 61f19729728243c82476dee31315143ed3275e7f, 0497ff765746d9b2d17445c8f7cc737b36c0152a, b93c55b4932dd7e32dca8cf34a3443cc87a02906, 5.15.212, 6.1.178, 6.6.145, 6.12.97, 6.18 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.18 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 15, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 17, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 15, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: fix UAF by restoring RCU-delayed inode freeing in bpffs commit 4f375ade6aa9 ("bpf: Avoid RCU context warning when unpinning htab with internal structs") moved inode cleanup from ->free_inode() into ->destroy_inode() to avoid sleeping in RCU context when calling bpf_any_put(). However this removed the RCU delay on freeing the inode itself and the cached symlink body (i_link), both of which can be accessed by RCU pathwalk (pick_link, may_lookup etc.). This causes a use-after-free when a concurrent unlinkat() drops the last inode reference and destroy_inode() frees the inode immediately, while another task is still walking the path in RCU mode and reads inode->i_opflags (offset +2) inside current_time() -> is_mgtime(). KASAN reports: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in is_mgtime include/linux/fs.h:2313 Read of size 2 at addr ffff8880407e4282 (offset +2 = i_opflags) The rules (per Al Viro): ->destroy_inode() called immediately, can sleep, use for blocking cleanup e.g. bpf_any_put() ->free_inode() called after RCU grace period, use for freeing inode and anything RCU-accessible e.g. i_link Fix: split the two concerns properly: - keep bpf_any_put() in bpf_destroy_inode() since it is blocking and needs to run promptly - introduce bpf_free_inode() to handle kfree(i_link) and free_inode_nonrcu() with proper RCU delay, preventing the UAF
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