CVE-2026-98256EPSS p2.4%
CVE-2026-98256CVE-2026-98256
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
signal: Prevent exec() race
Hyunwoo debugged the following KASAN UAF splat:
BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __send_signal_locked+0xb27/0xba0
Write of size 8 at addr ffff888007ed80c8 by task poc/79
...
Call Trace:
__send_signal_locked+0xb27/0xba0
do_send_sig_info+0xa7/0x160
do_send_specific+0x76/0xa0
__x64_sys_tgkill+0x193/0x270
...
Allocated by task 80:
do_timer_create+0x1a4/0x1030
__x64_sys_timer_create+0x145/0x190
...
Freed by task 12:
kmem_cache_free_bulk+0x1f8/0x4a0
kvfree_rcu_bulk+0x14f/0x1c0
kfree_rcu_work+0x128/0x1a0
...
Last potentially related work creation:
kvfree_call_rcu+0x39/0x390
__flush_itimer_signals+0x211/0x320
flush_itimer_signals+0x47/0x90
begin_new_exec+0xa6b/0x28c0
It turned out that this happens with a non-leader exec() as Hyunwoo
explained:
de_thread() calls exchange_tids() before release_task(leader), so the
struct pid held by a
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.8 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.13% probability of exploitation · percentile 2.4% · 2026-10-10T12:00:23Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-07 |