CVE-2026-99051

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fsverity: RCU-delay the freeing of struct fsverity_info __fsverity_get_info() calls rhashtable_lookup_fast(), which just uses rcu_read_lock() and doesn't directly synchronize with fsverity_remove_info(). For the same inode this isn't a problem: its fsverity_info is removed only at inode eviction time or upon failure to enable verity, when the inode no longer needs its fsverity_info and it will no longer be accessed via that inode. However, this is broken and can cause a use-after-free for concurrent __fsverity_get_info() for *different* inodes. Those rely on following fsverity_info::rhash_head in the rhashtable under rcu_read_lock() only. They also use fsverity_info::inode to do the key comparison. Fix this by RCU-delaying the freeing of 'struct fsverity_info' after it's been removed from the rhashtable.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedOct 23, 2026
First seenOct 23, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linuxfa84f091a8e7fc46fd29834496fab9739dd4c8dc, e58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxf77f281b61183a5c0b87e6a4d101c70bd32c1c79 ≤ v < fa84f091a8e7fc46fd29834496fab9739dd4c8dc, f77f281b61183a5c0b87e6a4d101c70bd32c1c79 ≤ v < e58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733, 7.0fa84f091a8e7fc46fd29834496fab9739dd4c8dc, e58c3805ed325fe2d4ae2dd467c0486cc860b733

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