GHSA-44FH-C439-XQ8F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-06-24 18:32 – Updated: 2026-06-30 03:37In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator
The open-coded task_vma iterator reads task->mm locklessly and acquires mmap_read_trylock() but never calls mmget(). If the task exits concurrently, the mm_struct can be freed as it is not SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, resulting in a use-after-free.
Safely read task->mm with a trylock on alloc_lock and acquire an mm reference. Drop the reference via bpf_iter_mmput_async() in _destroy() and error paths. bpf_iter_mmput_async() is a local wrapper around mmput_async() with a fallback to mmput() on !CONFIG_MMU.
Reject irqs-disabled contexts (including NMI) up front. Operations used by _next() and _destroy() (mmap_read_unlock, bpf_iter_mmput_async) take spinlocks with IRQs disabled (pool->lock, pi_lock). Running from NMI or from a tracepoint that fires with those locks held could deadlock.
A trylock on alloc_lock is used instead of the blocking task_lock() (get_task_mm) to avoid a deadlock when a softirq BPF program iterates a task that already holds its alloc_lock on the same CPU.
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2026-53085"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-416",
"CWE-825"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2026-06-24T17:17:22Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator\n\nThe open-coded task_vma iterator reads task-\u003emm locklessly and acquires\nmmap_read_trylock() but never calls mmget(). If the task exits\nconcurrently, the mm_struct can be freed as it is not\nSLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, resulting in a use-after-free.\n\nSafely read task-\u003emm with a trylock on alloc_lock and acquire an mm\nreference. Drop the reference via bpf_iter_mmput_async() in _destroy()\nand error paths. bpf_iter_mmput_async() is a local wrapper around\nmmput_async() with a fallback to mmput() on !CONFIG_MMU.\n\nReject irqs-disabled contexts (including NMI) up front. Operations used\nby _next() and _destroy() (mmap_read_unlock, bpf_iter_mmput_async)\ntake spinlocks with IRQs disabled (pool-\u003elock, pi_lock). Running from\nNMI or from a tracepoint that fires with those locks held could\ndeadlock.\n\nA trylock on alloc_lock is used instead of the blocking task_lock()\n(get_task_mm) to avoid a deadlock when a softirq BPF program iterates\na task that already holds its alloc_lock on the same CPU.",
"id": "GHSA-44fh-c439-xq8f",
"modified": "2026-06-30T03:37:13Z",
"published": "2026-06-24T18:32:46Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53085"
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"url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-53085"
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"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2492404"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/239cec25a22662dbd80f57d94b38178c8be95269"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43683bb280330f3d36f0f2a3932a4867b9603e9c"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0862de7c866c5bd7c32531f66738c21197af888"
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8e27d2d22b6e2df3a0125b8c08e9aace38c954c"
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"url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-53085.json"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
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