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CVE-2026-45837

· Published 27/05/2026 13:16 · Author: The MITRE Corporation

Labels: CVE-2026-45837 2026-05-27416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67CVE-2026-45837

Essential information

Published
27/05/2026 13:16
Modified
Author
The MITRE Corporation
Creator
The MITRE Corporation
CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1)
CISA KEV
No
CWE
CWE-416
EPSS (First)
P5.2% ?EPSS percentile: rank of this vulnerability versus all others. Higher percentile = more likely to be exploited. Learn more (score 0.00156)
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close on fork arena_vm_open() only bumps vml->mmap_count but never registers the child VMA in arena->vma_list. The vml->vma always points at the parent VMA, so after parent munmap the pointer dangles. If the child then calls bpf_arena_free_pages(), zap_pages() reads the stale vml->vma triggering use-after-free. Fix this by preventing the arena VMA from being inherited across fork with VM_DONTCOPY, and preventing VMA splits via the may_split callback. Also reject mremap with a .mremap callback returning -EINVAL. A same-size mremap(MREMAP_FIXED) on the full arena VMA reaches copy_vma() through the following path: check_prep_vma() - returns 0 early: new_len == old_len skips VM_DONTEXPAND check prep_move_vma() - vm_start == old_addr and vm_end == old_addr + old_len so may_split is never called move_vma() copy_vma_and_data() copy_vma() vm_area_dup() - copies vm_private_data (vml pointer) vm_ops->open() - bumps vml->mmap_count vm_ops->mremap() - returns -EINVAL, rollback unmaps new VMA The refcount ensures the rollback's arena_vm_close does not free the vml shared with the original VMA.

NVD status

NVD
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