{"cve":"CVE-2026-46106","nvd":{"published":"2026-05-28T10:16:25.950","modified":"2026-06-25T21:18:59.773","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\neventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events\n\nCommit 340f0c7067a9 (\"eventfs: Update all the eventfs_inodes from the\nevents descriptor\") had eventfs_set_attrs() recurse through ei->children\non remount.  The walk only holds the rcu_read_lock() taken by\ntracefs_apply_options() over tracefs_inodes, which is wrong:\n\n  - list_for_each_entry over ei->children races with the list_del_rcu()\n    in eventfs_remove_rec() -- LIST_POISON1 deref, same shape as\n    d2603279c7d6.\n  - eventfs_inodes are freed via call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, ...).\n    rcu_read_lock() does not extend an SRCU grace period, so ti->private\n    can be reclaimed under the walk.\n  - The writes to ei->attr race with eventfs_set_attr(), which holds\n    eventfs_mutex.\n\nReproducer:\n\n  while :; do mount -o remount,uid=$((RANDOM%1000)) /sys/kernel/tracing; done &\n  while :; do\n      echo \"p:kp submit_bio\" > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events\n      echo > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events\n  done\n\nWrap the events portion of tracefs_apply_options() in\neventfs_remount_lock()/_unlock() that take eventfs_mutex and\nsrcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu).  eventfs_set_attrs() doesn't sleep so the\nnested rcu_read_lock() is fine; lockdep_assert_held() pins the contract.\n\nComment in tracefs_drop_inode() said \"RCU cycle\" -- it is SRCU.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07004a8c4b572171934390148ee48c4175c77eed","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e64d8a432837308f4dda3ffe819f1ec092a0ba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b109f1b875b912d4ab2c5fdd8c322d47119d9b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae9cd0b46b1890040006a2fc5e905c5d6053fd02","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2ad73bcb0a7a6cc934097d4853b6d5124c317e"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:36:28.938604137+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2026-46106","score":0.00122,"percentile":0.0195,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}