Answer in brief
CVE-2026-74605 records a Unknown severity vulnerability in eventfs: Use children field for rcu head and add memory barriers. 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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A CVSS score is not reported in the current record. 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 | >=704f960dbee2f1634f4b4e16f208cb16eaf41c1e <004f7232e49730448f91665e76bdd7dff8e0c638 || >=704f960dbee2f1634f4b4e16f208cb16eaf41c1e <f0ece16ffca7384787b692431961ce202907acf5 || f3f41f444b321ec393edbc251e024fd62658ce55 || 305c4e4d80aca2c2d9cf2ebdea56e2eca6d3a6aa || >=6.6.18 <6.7 || >=6.7.6 <6.8 | 004f7232e49730448f91665e76bdd7dff8e0c638, f0ece16ffca7384787b692431961ce202907acf5, 6.7, 6.8 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 6.8 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 22, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 22, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Use children field for rcu head and add memory barriers When an eventfs inode is freed, it sets ei->is_freed and then uses its ei->list to add it to the srcu link list as the list field is a union with the rcu list head. As the ei->list is used to iterate over an SRCU protected list without taking the eventfs_mutex, there's nothing stopping the iteration over that list to see the ei->rcu instead of the ei->list and it will read a corrupt target. To fix this, change the union of the rcu list head with the children list. On freeing the eventfs inode, set the is_free and execute a smp_wmb() before adding the eventfs inode to the SRCU list. On iteration of the ei->children list, at the start, execute a smp_rmb() and then read the is_freed of the ei to see if the children list is still valid. If is_freed is set, then the ei_child read is not valid and the loop should exit immediately.
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