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CVE-2026-53085
bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator
Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: fix mm lifecycle in open-coded task_vma iterator The open-coded task_vma iterator reads task->mm locklessly and acquires mmap_read_trylock() but never calls mmget(). If the task exits concurrently, the mm_struct can be freed as it is not SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU, resulting in a use-after-free. Safely read task->mm with a trylock on alloc_lock and acquire an mm reference. Drop the reference via bpf_iter_mmput_async() in _destroy() and error paths. bpf_iter_mmput_async() is a local wrapper around mmput_async() with a fallback to mmput() on !CONFIG_MMU. Reject irqs-disabled contexts (including NMI) up front. Operations used by _next() and _destroy() (mmap_read_unlock, bpf_iter_mmput_async) take spinlocks with IRQs disabled (pool->lock, pi_lock). Running from NMI or from a tracepoint that fires with those locks held could deadlock. A trylock on alloc_lock is used instead of the blocking task_lock() (get_task_mm) to avoid a deadlock when a softirq BPF program iterates a task that already holds its alloc_lock on the same CPU.

INFO

Published Date :

June 24, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

June 24, 2026, 4:30 p.m.

Remotely Exploit :

No

Source :

Linux
Affected Products

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Solution
Address memory corruption by safely acquiring task MM references and handling concurrent task exits.
  • Apply kernel updates to fix the task_vma iterator.
  • Acquire an mm reference and use trylocks.
  • Handle mm references in error paths and cleanup.
  • Reject irqs-disabled contexts to prevent deadlocks.

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