{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46259 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2026-46259 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-46259 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-46259 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 3 Jun 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-46259 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46259/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46259/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-46259","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46259/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-46259","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2026-46259","DEBIAN-CVE-2026-46259","GHSA-vg6r-r7wf-v3q2","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2026-46259","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2026-46259","UBUNTU-CVE-2026-46259"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's procfs allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via improper RCU protection.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-416","name":"Use After Free"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nprocfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()\n\nWhen reading /proc/[pid]/stat, do_task_stat() accesses task-\u003ereal_parent\nwithout proper RCU protection, which leads to:\n\n  cpu 0                               cpu 1\n  -----                               -----\n  do_task_stat\n    var = task-\u003ereal_parent\n                                      release_task\n                                        call_rcu(delayed_put_task_struct)\n    task_tgid_nr_ns(var)\n      rcu_read_lock   \u003c--- Too late to protect task-\u003ereal_parent!\n      task_pid_ptr    \u003c--- UAF!\n      rcu_read_unlock\n\nThis patch uses task_ppid_nr_ns() instead of task_tgid_nr_ns() to add\nproper RCU protection for accessing task-\u003ereal_parent.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"procfs: fix missing RCU protection when reading real_parent in do_task_stat()","id":"CVE-2026-46259","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"ipv6: Fix out-of-bound access in fib6_add_rt2node().","id":"CVE-2026-46260"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"gpio: cdev: Avoid NULL dereference in linehandle_create()","id":"CVE-2026-46258"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2026-06-03","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"total"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-19","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's procfs allows attackers to potentially execute code or escalate privileges via improper RCU protection.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-46259/"}