CVE-2026-53185 PUBLISHED

zram: fix use-after-free in zram_bvec_write_partial()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 09.06.2026 Published: 25.06.2026 Updated: 25.06.2026

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

zram: fix use-after-free in zram_bvec_write_partial()

zram_read_page() picks the sync or async backing device read path based on whether the parent bio is NULL. zram_bvec_write_partial() passes its parent bio down, so for ZRAM_WB slots the read is dispatched asynchronously and zram_read_page() returns 0 while the bio is still in flight. The caller then runs memcpy_from_bvec(), zram_write_page() and __free_page() on the buffer, leaving the async read to write into a freed page.

zram_bvec_read_partial() was switched to NULL in commit 4e3c87b9421d ("zram: fix synchronous reads") for the same reason; the write_partial counterpart was missed.

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 8e654f8fbff52ac483fb69957222853d7e2fc588 to 0c2821665ff71be3f4b07ecece384669f2877f6a (excl.)
  • affected from 8e654f8fbff52ac483fb69957222853d7e2fc588 to 77a602b505ce4802915853cfc435a4722fab3e64 (excl.)
  • affected from 8e654f8fbff52ac483fb69957222853d7e2fc588 to c96786d6ff1acc1d54d9241e97767554c1dfdd5b (excl.)
  • affected from 8e654f8fbff52ac483fb69957222853d7e2fc588 to 198b5a14cca27263b9c14b20114c8092de15dfcb (excl.)
  • affected from 8e654f8fbff52ac483fb69957222853d7e2fc588 to 732fd9f0b9c1cdc6dfd77162ded60df005182cc0 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 4.14 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 4.14 (excl.)
  • 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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