CVE-2026-64468

binder: fix UAF in binder_free_transaction()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 25, 2026 at 08:51 AM UTC
Updated: August 17, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix UAF in binder_free_transaction() In binder_free_transaction(), the t->to_proc is read under the t->lock. However, once the t->lock is dropped, the to_proc can die in parallel. This leads to a use-after-free error when we attempt to acquire its inner lock right afterwards: ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock+0xe4/0x1a0 Write of size 4 at addr ffff00001125da70 by task B/672 CPU: 20 UID: 0 PID: 672 Comm: B Not tainted 7.1.0-rc6-00284-g8e65320d91cd #4 PREEMPT Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT) Call trace: _raw_spin_lock+0xe4/0x1a0 binder_free_transaction+0x8c/0x320 binder_send_failed_reply+0x21c/0x2f8 binder_thread_release+0x488/0x7e0 binder_ioctl+0x12c0/0x29a0 [...] Allocated by task 675: __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x174/0x444 binder_open+0x118/0xb70 do_dentry_open+0x374/0x1040 vfs_open+0x58/0x3bc [...] Freed by task 212: __kasan_slab_free+0x58/0x80 kfree+0x1a0/0x4a4 binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x32c/0x5e0 binder_deferred_func+0xc48/0x104c process_one_work+0x53c/0xbc0 [...] ================================================================== To prevent this, pin the target thread (t->to_thread) to guarantee the target process remains alive. Undelivered transactions without a target thread are already safe, as the target process can only be the current context in those paths.

Affected

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

v ≥ 4.14.136v ≥ 4.19.64v ≥ 5.1.154.14.136 ≤ v < 4.154.19.64 ≤ v < 4.205.1.15 ≤ v < 5.25.2 ≤ v < 5.10.2615.2 ≤ v < 5.15.2125.2 ≤ v < 6.1.1785.2 ≤ v < 6.12.965.2 ≤ v < 6.18.395.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1455.2 ≤ v < 7.1.45.2 ≤ v < 7.20e3b977a8f1be01dcfa0baae68851b1f55f2a0a922068d49d09d2b3890e19d7b2048a33340f992da4.14.1364.19.645.1.155.2a370003cc301d4361bae20c9ef615f89bf8d1e8aa4a3c070b8760f71c8311399fa9bfe67c8629bca
Vendor states this is fixed in 0be901ab1dcc4af59b88f2e324493bb283850167 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0f15f0f6ca5df566275ce517f257af2559528b41 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 328ccf32acb87e8bbb1fe2b065068c574e4db2bf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 45df558c543bb5543bacc8065fd7c567740781e5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 48aeda9f8039e4a6971d1804578efde7f2c01eda (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5602a43f251c3d75312df91a422675fc00ca3dce (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d45ef513eed1abebfec90c3cfb6ae50c2a4182db (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f223d27a546c1e1f48d38fd67760e78f068fe8c4 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.261 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.212 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.178 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.96 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18.39 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.145 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.1.4 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 7.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
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