{
  "public_date" : "2026-04-22T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: tracing: Drain deferred trigger frees if kthread creation fails",
    "id" : "2460687",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460687"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-772",
  "details" : [ "A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. A local user can exploit this vulnerability by providing specific kernel command line parameters during boot, which can lead to a NULL pointer dereference. This issue occurs due to improper handling of deferred trigger frees when kernel thread (kthread) creation fails. Successful exploitation can cause the system to crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS)." ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-31481\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-31481\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026042258-CVE-2026-31481-390e@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2026-31481",
  "csaw" : false
}