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    "id": "CVE-2025-40201",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40201",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-11-12T21:56:34.063Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T22:02:40.564Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "kernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nkernel/sys.c: fix the racy usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64() paths\n\nThe usage of task_lock(tsk->group_leader) in sys_prlimit64()->do_prlimit()\npath is very broken.\n\nsys_prlimit64() does get_task_struct(tsk) but this only protects task_struct\nitself. If tsk != current and tsk is not a leader, this process can exit/exec\nand task_lock(tsk->group_leader) may use the already freed task_struct.\n\nAnother problem is that sys_prlimit64() can race with mt-exec which changes\n->group_leader. In this case do_prlimit() may take the wrong lock, or (worse)\n->group_leader may change between task_lock() and task_unlock().\n\nChange sys_prlimit64() to take tasklist_lock when necessary. This is not\nnice, but I don't see a better fix for -stable.",
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