CVE-2026-72220
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1 advisory- Advisory severityHigh7.0
High [CVE-2026-72220] harden rq_procinfo lifecycle to prevent double-free
CVE-2026-72220Source published Source updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: harden rq_procinfo lifecycle to prevent double-free The svc_release_rqst() function executes the callback inside rqstp->rq_procinfo->pc_release. However, if a worker thread begins processing a new request and encounters an early error path (e.g., unsupported protocol, short frame, or bad auth) before a valid rq_procinfo is installed, a stale release hook can be re-triggered against reused state from the previous RPC, resulting in a double-free or use-after-free vulnerability. Ensuring svc_release_rqst() always clears rq_procinfo after the optional pc_release() call, regardless of whether the hook exists. 2. Explicitly clearing rq_procinfo at request entry in svc_process() before any early decode or drop paths. 3.…
- Affected products in this advisory
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat package: kernel
- Source-reported affected versions
- Affected-version details not available in this record.
- Source-reported fixed versions
- No fixed-version detail extracted. This does not mean no fix exists.
- Mitigation guidance
- No mitigation guidance extracted; consult the source.
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