CVE-2026-89988

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kprobes: Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU __within_kprobe_blacklist() traverses kprobe_blacklist without holding kprobe_mutex. When a module is unloaded, kprobe_remove_area_blacklist() removes blacklist entries and immediately frees them with kfree(). A concurrent call to within_kprobe_blacklist() can therefore dereference freed memory. Furthermore, within_kprobe_blacklist() can be called in atomic or non-preemptible contexts where the sleeping kprobe_mutex cannot be taken. Protect kprobe_blacklist with RCU. Use guard(rcu)() and list_for_each_entry_rcu() for traversal, list_add_tail_rcu() for insertions, list_del_rcu() for deletions, and kfree_rcu() to reclaim entries safely after a grace period.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedSep 16, 2026
First seenSep 16, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux3fb8386682ef4d0858c38bf0d8d8a47ba171fa23, 5d97a13defc648c64d138145ace429b6a3d08943, 8f406205003f741225f620f0e357ca0de71d45e3, 630ed8734a02b992e8a97538179c2ece42c5210f, 518d9b5568bb06f86e4434f7a30faa9612ea91ad, 5da247e4d1e8661d4d6f997101d59967e8994e32, 6e62cf983a2bd547e6bbd3f935539233e5f97f8f, 0c4256196b3a105307e2235fbfd85e768bbcdd0f or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 3fb8386682ef4d0858c38bf0d8d8a47ba171fa23, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 5d97a13defc648c64d138145ace429b6a3d08943, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 8f406205003f741225f620f0e357ca0de71d45e3, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 630ed8734a02b992e8a97538179c2ece42c5210f, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 518d9b5568bb06f86e4434f7a30faa9612ea91ad, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 5da247e4d1e8661d4d6f997101d59967e8994e32, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 6e62cf983a2bd547e6bbd3f935539233e5f97f8f, 376e242429bf8539ef39a080ac113c8799840b13 ≤ v < 0c4256196b3a105307e2235fbfd85e768bbcdd0f, 3.163fb8386682ef4d0858c38bf0d8d8a47ba171fa23, 5d97a13defc648c64d138145ace429b6a3d08943, 8f406205003f741225f620f0e357ca0de71d45e3, 630ed8734a02b992e8a97538179c2ece42c5210f, 518d9b5568bb06f86e4434f7a30faa9612ea91ad, 5da247e4d1e8661d4d6f997101d59967e8994e32, 6e62cf983a2bd547e6bbd3f935539233e5f97f8f, 0c4256196b3a105307e2235fbfd85e768bbcdd0f

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