# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-74512"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-08-15T12:27:33.736Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-16T19:05:51.743Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:30.346Z"
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"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74512"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-74512.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-74512"
title: "audit: fix potential use-after-free in audit_del_rule()"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\naudit: fix potential use-after-free in audit_del_rule()\n\n`audit_del_rule()` destroys `e-\u003erule.exe` via `audit_remove_mark_rule()`\nbefore unlinking the rule from RCU-visible filter lists and waiting for a\ngrace period. Concurrent readers in `audit_filter()` and\n`audit_filter_rules()` still dereference `e-\u003erule.exe`, while the fsnotify\nmark can be freed on an independent lifetime path. This creates a\nuse-after-free window during rule deletion.\n\nFix this by unlinking the rule from the RCU-visible lists and invoking\n`synchronize_rcu()` before calling `audit_remove_mark_rule()` (and other\nrule removal helpers). This ensures that all existing RCU readers have\nexited the critical section before any underlying resources are destroyed."
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