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CVE-2026-46259

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat() When reading …

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat() When reading /proc/[pid]/stat, do_task_stat() accesses task->real_parent without proper RCU protection, which leads to: cpu 0 cpu 1 ----- ----- do_task_stat var = task->real_parent release_task call_rcu(delayed_put_task_struct) task_tgid_nr_ns(var) rcu_read_lock <--- Too late to protect task->real_parent! task_pid_ptr <--- UAF! rcu_read_unlock This patch uses task_ppid_nr_ns() instead of task_tgid_nr_ns() to add proper RCU protection for accessing task->real_parent.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 2.6.26 before 5.10.252
from 5.11 before 5.15.202
from 5.16 before 6.1.165
from 6.2 before 6.6.128
from 6.7 before 6.12.75
from 6.13 before 6.18.14

Weakness classification

CWE-416

References