In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rcu/kvfree: Fix data-race in __mod_timer / kvfree_call_rcu
KCSAN reports a data race when access the krcp->monitor_work.timer.expires
variable in the schedule_delayed_monitor_work() function:
BUG: KCSAN: data-race in __mod_timer / kvfree_call_rcu
read to 0xffff888237d1cce8 of 8 bytes by task 10149 on cpu 1:
schedule_delayed_monitor_work kernel/rcu/tree.c:3520 [inline]
kvfree_call_rcu+0x3b8/0x510 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3839
trie_update_elem+0x47c/0x620 kernel/bpf/lpm_trie.c:441
bpf_map_update_value+0x324/0x350 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:203
generic_map_update_batch+0x401/0x520 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:1849
bpf_map_do_batch+0x28c/0x3f0 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5143
__sys_bpf+0x2e5/0x7a0
__do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5741 [inline]
__se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5739 [inline]
__x64_sys_bpf+0x43/0x50 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5739
x64_sys_call+0x2625/0x2d60 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:322
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xc9/0x1c0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
write to 0xffff888237d1cce8 of 8 bytes by task 56 on cpu 0:
__mod_timer+0x578/0x7f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1173
add_timer_global+0x51/0x70 kernel/time/timer.c:1330
__queue_delayed_work+0x127/0x1a0 kernel/workqueue.c:2523
queue_delayed_work_on+0xdf/0x190 kernel/workqueue.c:2552
queue_delayed_work include/linux/workqueue.h:677 [inline]
schedule_delayed_monitor_work kernel/rcu/tree.c:3525 [inline]
kfree_rcu_monitor+0x5e8/0x660 kernel/rcu/tree.c:3643
process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3229 [inline]
process_scheduled_works+0x483/0x9a0 kernel/workqueue.c:3310
worker_thread+0x51d/0x6f0 kernel/workqueue.c:3391
kthread+0x1d1/0x210 kernel/kthread.c:389
ret_from_fork+0x4b/0x60 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:147
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:244
Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on:
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 56 Comm: kworker/u8:4 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc2-syzkaller-00050-g5b7c893ed5ed #0
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 09/13/2024
Workqueue: events_unbound kfree_rcu_monitor
kfree_rcu_monitor() rearms the work if a "krcp" has to be still
offloaded and this is done without holding krcp->lock, whereas
the kvfree_call_rcu() holds it.
Fix it by acquiring the "krcp->lock" for kfree_rcu_monitor() so
both functions do not race anymore.
What the EG score is made of (scorer v4.0: the three questions the 0–10 score mixes, published apart · methodology)
The EG score (4.7): severity, escalated by confirmed exploitation. This CVE's 4.7 is its impact severity (EG Severity), not escalated.
- EG Severity
- 4.7 MEDIUMCVSS-B, impact only: no KEV listing, EPSS or EG-KEV tier raises it.GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
- EG Likelihood
- 0.2% within 30 daysSource: FIRST EPSS (model v2026.06.15, score date 2026-10-25). FIRST's exploitation probability, not an EchelonGraph model.
- Confirmed exploitation
- None on record (CISA KEV, EG-KEV Tier 1)Reported apart from the likelihood: an observed fact, not a probability.
- EG Priority
- SSVC Track at medium mission impactTrack at every mission impact level.CISA BOD 26-04: 60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.Each input and its source, and whom BOD 26-04 binds: the SSVC and BOD 26-04 blocks below.
SSVC (CISA's decision table, applied by EchelonGraph)Track at every mission impact level.
A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). All three are CISA's SSVC values (Vulnrichment). EchelonGraph applied CISA's decision table to them; CISA publishes SSVC inputs and the table, not a decision for each CVE. Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it. CISA's table makes it high when Mission Prevalence is Essential — the vulnerable component "directly provides capabilities that constitute at least one MEF for at least one entity" (MEF: mission essential function) — or when Public Well-Being Impact is Irreversible: "multiple fatalities are likely", the cyber-physical system "is likely lost or destroyed", "extreme or serious externalities" are imposed on other parties, or social systems such as elections or the financial grid "are destabilized and potentially collapse". CISA's decision table
BOD 26-04 (CISA's remediation timeline, Table 1)60 days if the affected system is publicly exposed; Fix on system upgrade if it is not.
The score's inputs: In CISA KEV no (CISA's KEV catalog) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact partial (CISA Vulnrichment). Whether your system is publicly exposed is yours to answer. BOD 26-04 binds US Federal Civilian Executive Branch agencies; for anyone else it is CISA's published timeline, a reference rather than an obligation. The directive · how EchelonGraph applies it