CVE-2026-53085

bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2026 at 04:30 PM UTC
Updated: October 19, 2026 at 08:19 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsLinux KernelEnterprise Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.13 ≤ v < 6.18.336.19 ≤ v < 7.0.106.7 ≤ v < 6.12.914ac4546821584736798aaa9e97da9f6eaf689ea36.7
Vendor states this is fixed in 239cec25a22662dbd80f57d94b38178c8be95269 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 43683bb280330f3d36f0f2a3932a4867b9603e9c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d0862de7c866c5bd7c32531f66738c21197af888 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d8e27d2d22b6e2df3a0125b8c08e9aace38c954c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.91 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.33 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatableTotal impact

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-825CWE-416

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