CVE-2026-23415: futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: futex: Fix UaF between futex_key_to_node_opt() and vma_replace_policy() During futex_key_to_node_opt() execution, vma->vm_policy is read under speculative mmap lock and RCU. Concurrently, mbind() may call vma_replace_policy() which frees the old mempolicy immediately via kmem_cache_free(). This creates a race where __futex_key_to_node() dereferences a freed mempolicy pointer, causing a use-after-free read of mpol->mode. [ 151.412631] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __futex_key_to_node (kernel/futex/core.c:349) [ 151.414046] Read of size 2 at addr ffff888001c49634 by task e/87 [ 151.415969] Call Trace: [ 151.416732] __asan_load2 (mm/kasan/generic.c:271) [ 151.416777] __futex_key_to_node (kernel/futex/core.c:349) [ 151.416822] get_futex_key (kernel/futex/core.c:374 kernel/futex/core.c:386 kernel/futex/core.c:593) Fix by adding rcu to __mpol_put().
Metrics
- CVSS v3.1
- 7.8
- Severity
- HIGH
- Fixed in
- 0
- Affected Products
- 2
Fix available
- Linux / Linux< 853f70c67d1b37e368fdcb3e328c4b8c04f53ac0 (from c042c505210dc3453f378df432c10fff3d471bc5) · < 7e196194ea27bd49adf3551e2aceb83498eb73fe (from c042c505210dc3453f378df432c10fff3d471bc5) · < 190a8c48ff623c3d67cb295b4536a660db2012aa (from c042c505210dc3453f378df432c10fff3d471bc5)
- Linux / Linux6.16Fixed in 0, 6.18.21, 6.19.11, 7.0
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H