CVE-2026-93137 PUBLISHED

bpf: Fix use-after-free on mm_struct in bpf_find_vma()

Assigner: Linux
Reserved: 17.09.2026 Published: 17.09.2026 Updated: 17.09.2026

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

bpf: Fix use-after-free on mm_struct in bpf_find_vma()

bpf_find_vma() reads task->mm and calls mmap_read_trylock(mm) without holding a reference on the mm. On a foreign task, a concurrent exit_mm() can free the mm_struct between the lockless read and the trylock, resulting in a use-after-free. mm_struct is not SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU.

For the current task, task->mm is stable. For a foreign task, pin the mm under task->alloc_lock and release it with mmput_async(), mirroring commit d8e27d2d22b6 ("bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator"). Use spin_trylock() instead of get_task_mm() so BPF context does not block on alloc_lock. Reject irqs-disabled contexts and !CONFIG_MMU on the foreign-task path because dropping the mm reference is not safe there.

Race:

CPU0 (BPF program) CPU1 (exiting task) ============================ ========================== bpf_find_vma(foreign_task): mm = task->mm exit_mm(): task->mm = NULL mmput(mm) -> frees mm_struct mmap_read_trylock(mm) // UAF on mm

Product Status

Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 to db347840d6b6ee9bb9b8e4a985d4b4419f9f3200 (excl.)
  • affected from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 to 8e1101fc4118019a69c96ced4aec93164f89cbd5 (excl.)
  • affected from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 to c7ad910e987008e125eeff448892e86852173384 (excl.)
  • affected from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 to 86d54cf069fc5ae2e111c87933bebf6eb527978e (excl.)
  • affected from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 to 2b2a903bee56d312539046d9defa8023eec94760 (excl.)
  • affected from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 to 47b079e2117a2ee52e21f8b72935900c702fc0b5 (excl.)
Vendor Linux
Product Linux
Versions Default: affected
  • Version 5.17 is affected
  • unaffected from 0 to 5.17 (excl.)
  • unaffected from 6.1.188 to 6.1.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.6.157 to 6.6.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.12.110 to 6.12.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 6.18.52 to 6.18.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.2.6 to 7.2.* (incl.)
  • unaffected from 7.3-rc1 to * (incl.)

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