UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71968 (CVE-2026-71968)

Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu – Published: 2026-08-10 19:17 – Updated: 2026-08-10 19:17 – Source website
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OP-TEE OS through 4.10.0, fixed in commit 8794043, contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Trusted Application loader that allows attackers with the ability to load a signed Trusted Application to corrupt secure-world kernel memory by setting the TA_FLAG_CONCURRENT flag in a user TA signed header. Attackers can cause two concurrent sessions to operate on the same shared context without locking, corrupting the uctx->vm_info.regions list during memref parameter mapping and unmapping to free vm_region nodes still in use, resulting in a use-after-free in S-EL1 secure-world kernel memory.

Severity
6.7 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
8.4 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "optee-os",
            "binary_version": "4.8.0-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:26.04:LTS",
        "name": "optee-os",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/optee-os@4.8.0-1?arch=source\u0026distro=resolute"
      },
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            }
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        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.7.0-1",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "OP-TEE OS through 4.10.0, fixed in commit 8794043, contains a use-after-free vulnerability in the Trusted Application loader that allows attackers with the ability to load a signed Trusted Application to corrupt secure-world kernel memory by setting the TA_FLAG_CONCURRENT flag in a user TA signed header. Attackers can cause two concurrent sessions to operate on the same shared context without locking, corrupting the uctx-\u003evm_info.regions list during memref parameter mapping and unmapping to free vm_region nodes still in use, resulting in a use-after-free in S-EL1 secure-world kernel memory.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2026-71968",
  "modified": "2026-08-10T19:17:00Z",
  "published": "2026-08-10T19:17:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-71968"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-71968"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/commit/8794043c4065c26a2b8b1313794ba5ba5f06d296"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os/pull/7900"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/op-tee-os-use-after-free-via-trusted-application-loader-ta-flag-concurrent"
    }
  ],
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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      "score": "CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V4"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2026-71968"
  ]
}



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