CVE-2026-64015

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.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43a1e3744548e6fd85873e6fb43e293eb4010694
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c5d407ba3ff7f30561ff73ba1b07ed70c864edc
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50bb3435a5e627bfbdc52eb4536f49f88b3486b8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5659e6923cb72f8e18e8b539109ab512455fe195
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/66288dcadf80974436250e9f70ed848836b835b5