{"id":"CVE-2026-46259","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-46259","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:04:44.884Z","title":"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,…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nprocfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()\n\nWhen reading /proc/[pid]/stat, do_task_stat() accesses task->real_parent\nwithout proper RCU protection, which leads to:\n\n  cpu 0                               cpu 1\n  -----                               -----\n  do_task_stat\n    var = task->real_parent\n                                      release_task\n                                        call_rcu(delayed_put_task_struct)\n    task_tgid_nr_ns(var)\n      rcu_read_lock   <--- Too late to protect task->real_parent!\n      task_pid_ptr    <--- UAF!\n      rcu_read_unlock\n\nThis patch uses task_ppid_nr_ns() instead of task_tgid_nr_ns() to add\nproper RCU protection for accessing task->real_parent.","published":"2026-06-03T18:16:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-19T20:18:40.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00121,"percentile":0.0189,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.12%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e64bd46a04a4fd61279aca9f53a664e9e5f7e7e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c8dc5b5517546c68ffae40b948336122bb61306","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f9ae386861e280b7631ca252f798d25575627ee","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73ec7c96601d61d52310c659145bb06d933a0fa6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76149d53502cf17ef3ae454ff384551236fba867","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c93a33f28f915d446eea6fb3f0e1def0b3af1982","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8b13cb4ff1a4545a214ed897fdf2bc341155b6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fefa0fcd78be465b7ad4c497fa6ec90d64194c04","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-46259","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}