Security Advisory

CVE-2026-64015

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2026-07-19 15:39:10
Last updated 2026-07-20 13:42:22
Assigner Linux
CVSS score 7.8
State PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: security/keys: fix missed RCU read section on lookup Nicholas Carlini reports that the keyring code calls assoc_array_find() in find_key_to_update() without holding the RCU read lock, while the assoc_array_gc() code really is designed around removing the node from the tree and then freeing it after an RCU grace-period. The regular key handling doesn't see this because holding the keyring semaphore hides any lifetime issues, but the persistent key handling uses a different model. Instead of extending the keyring locking, just do the simple RCU locking that the assoc_array was designed for.