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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-97971"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-09-25T10:23:11.539Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-19T09:11:37.164Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:41.756Z"
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-2026-97971"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-97971.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97971"
title: "nstree: check listing permission before taking a namespace reference"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnstree: check listing permission before taking a namespace reference\n\nlegitimize_ns() takes a reference on the candidate namespace before\nmay_list_ns() has decided whether the caller may see it. The\n__free(ns_put) cleanup on the denied path can drop the last reference to a\nmount namespace while we still hold the rcu read lock, and put_mnt_ns()\nmay sleep there. This is the same problem commit 2ec2aff3c8e2 (\"ns: make\nsure reference are dropped outside of rcu lock\") fixed for the put_user()\npath. Neither ns_requested() nor may_list_ns() needs a reference, both\nonly look at the namespace type and at the caller's own namespaces, so do\nthe checks first and take the reference last.\n\nSplat:\n\n  Voluntary context switch within RCU read-side critical section!\n  WARNING: kernel/rcu/tree_plugin.h:332 at rcu_note_context_switch+0x238/0x2a0, CPU#5: a/3442\n  CPU: 5 UID: 1000 PID: 3442 Comm: a Not tainted 7.0.0-30-generic #30-Ubuntu PREEMPT(lazy)\n  RIP: 0010:rcu_note_context_switch+0x238/0x2a0\n  Call Trace:\n   \u003cTASK\u003e\n   __schedule+0xcf/0x650\n   schedule+0x27/0x90\n   schedule_preempt_disabled+0x15/0x30\n   __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x550/0xaf0\n   __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20\n   mutex_lock+0x3b/0x50\n   exp_funnel_lock+0xb2/0x260\n   synchronize_rcu_expedited+0xe7/0x220\n   namespace_unlock+0x26a/0x320\n   put_mnt_ns+0xd3/0x120\n   mntns_put+0xe/0x20\n   do_listns+0x13e/0x560\n   __do_sys_listns+0x126/0x2d0\n   __x64_sys_listns+0x20/0x30\n   x64_sys_call+0x2366/0x2390\n   do_syscall_64+0x105/0x5a0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n   \u003c/TASK\u003e"
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"76b6f5dfb3fda76fce1f9990d6fa58adc711122b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9e673bf5d88aa898e52cef5c87058c3fa845bc71"},{"version":"76b6f5dfb3fda76fce1f9990d6fa58adc711122b","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"56ea4e86832d8abe8930394473566c194d189f85"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"6.19","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"6.19"},{"version":"7.2.7","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"7.2.*"},{"version":"7.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}]

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