CVE-2026-52930 PUBLISHED

ipc/shm: serialize orphan cleanup with shm_nattch updates

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 24.06.2026 Updated: 24.06.2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipc/shm: serialize orphan cleanup with shm_nattch updates

shm_destroy_orphaned() walks the shm idr under shm_ids(ns).rwsem, but that does not serialize all fields tested by shm_may_destroy(). In particular, shm_nattch is updated while holding shm_perm.lock, and attach paths can do that without holding the rwsem.

Do not decide that an orphaned segment is unused before taking the object lock. Move the shm_may_destroy() check under shm_perm.lock, matching the other destroy paths, and unlock the segment when it no longer qualifies for removal.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to b1e9aef48e4d8a0c1b54fb913077b0824ed7d650 (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to 92cda2593cf2ed25b0e9d78e5e6d8303bba1a064 (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to 1f0d01e35dbb228084d5187212e32c91a30dcbeb (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to 6560be3f6a5bb84f006f184f0c966747bb58e1a3 (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to b5107b4ce3ad45fcf369ee2058c8910620f4b5a8 (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to db752ebfdaf2c7f27cd9690ef48b616af068319c (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to 030bbc857bd51d4b25a90d931d3f8775ef22823a (excl.)
  • affected from 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d to 2e5c6f4fd4001562781e99bbfc7f1f0127187542 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 3.1 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 3.1 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 5.10.259 to 5.10.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 5.15.210 to 5.15.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.176 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.143 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.94 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.36 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.0.13 to 7.0.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.1 to * (incl.)

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