# CVE-2026-46106: eventfs: Hold eventfs\_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 6.6.140, 6.10
- Published: 2026-05-28 · Updated: 2026-06-14

## Affected

- Linux: from 6.6.35, fixed in 6.6.140; from 6.9.6, fixed in 6.10
- Linux: 6.10

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eventfs: Hold eventfs_mutex and SRCU when remount walks events Commit 340f0c7067a9 ("eventfs: Update all the eventfs_inodes from the events descriptor") had eventfs_set_attrs() recurse through ei->children on remount. The walk only holds the rcu_read_lock() taken by tracefs_apply_options() over tracefs_inodes, which is wrong: - list_for_each_entry over ei->children races with the list_del_rcu() in eventfs_remove_rec() -- LIST_POISON1 deref, same shape as d2603279c7d6. - eventfs_inodes are freed via call_srcu(&eventfs_srcu, ...). rcu_read_lock() does not extend an SRCU grace period, so ti->private can be reclaimed under the walk. - The writes to ei->attr race with eventfs_set_attr(), which holds eventfs_mutex. Reproducer: while :; do mount -o remount,uid=$((RANDOM%1000)) /sys/kernel/tracing; done & while :; do echo "p:kp submit_bio" > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events echo > /sys/kernel/tracing/kprobe_events done Wrap the events portion of tracefs_apply_options() in eventfs_remount_lock()/_unlock() that take eventfs_mutex and srcu_read_lock(&eventfs_srcu). eventfs_set_attrs() doesn't sleep so the nested rcu_read_lock() is fine; lockdep_assert_held() pins the contract. Comment in tracefs_drop_inode() said "RCU cycle" -- it is SRCU.

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae9cd0b46b1890040006a2fc5e905c5d6053fd02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e64d8a432837308f4dda3ffe819f1ec092a0ba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52b109f1b875b912d4ab2c5fdd8c322d47119d9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed2ad73bcb0a7a6cc934097d4853b6d5124c317e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07004a8c4b572171934390148ee48c4175c77eed

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