CVE-2026-53085

HIGH

bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In 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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0011
EPSS Percentile 1.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-825
Status published
Products (13)
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.33linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.91linux
Linux/Linux < 6.7
Linux/Linux 4ac4546821584736798aaa9e97da9f6eaf689ea3 - 239cec25a22662dbd80f57d94b38178c8be95269
Linux/Linux 4ac4546821584736798aaa9e97da9f6eaf689ea3 - 43683bb280330f3d36f0f2a3932a4867b9603e9c
Linux/Linux 4ac4546821584736798aaa9e97da9f6eaf689ea3 - d0862de7c866c5bd7c32531f66738c21197af888
Linux/Linux 4ac4546821584736798aaa9e97da9f6eaf689ea3 - d8e27d2d22b6e2df3a0125b8c08e9aace38c954c
Linux/Linux 6.12.91 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.33 - 6.18.*
... and 3 more
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026