Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-74344

Vulnerability identifier: #VU142847

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-74344

CWE-ID: CWE-664

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to improper state management in bpf_rb_root_free() and bpf rbtree node handling when removing a surviving node from a later reused rbtree root allocation. A local user can trigger reuse of a stale bpf rbtree node with retained owner and linkage state to cause a denial of service.

The issue arises when a refcounted object survives being dropped and its rb node retains stale tree linkage and an owner pointer to a freed root.

Linux kernel
openEuler
Ubuntu
bpftool
python3-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
perf-debuginfo
perf
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
kernel-headers
kernel-extra-modules
kernel-devel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-source
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
bpftool - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
python3-perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
perf - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-tools - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-headers - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-devel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debugsource - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
kernel-source - update to 6.6.0-145.3.29.160
linux-nvidia-tegra (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1036.39+1
linux-gcp-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38~24.04.4, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14~24.04.1
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-38.38, 7.0.0-38.38.1, 7.0.0-1008.9, 7.0.0-1013.13~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1014.14, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-azure-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1, 7.0.0-1017.17~24.04.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1017.17

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2eb39de4962f842d653e96818ae372665cd481fd
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a7910ee060d8ce55612f5b3cc267f3a265a3cec
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/574612793bed416f6c05fe7c9b50e9eb0441997e

• Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel bpf
• openEuler 24.03 LTS SP3 update for kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-gcp-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-tegra
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0