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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f406205003f741225f620f0e357ca0de71d45e3

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e62cf983a2bd547e6bbd3f935539233e5f97f8f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/630ed8734a02b992e8a97538179c2ece42c5210f

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5da247e4d1e8661d4d6f997101d59967e8994e32

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/518d9b5568bb06f86e4434f7a30faa9612ea91ad

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c4256196b3a105307e2235fbfd85e768bbcdd0f

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-09-16

Updated: 2026-09-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00164