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Linux Kernel CVE-2026-53129

| EUVDEUVD-2026-38997 HIGH
Use After Free (CWE-416)
2026-06-24 Linux GHSA-76p3-3v32-9xxh
Information Disclosure Linux Use After Free Memory Corruption Red Hat Suse
7.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
7.8 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
vuln.today AI
6.7 MEDIUM

Description requires root/CAP_SYS_ADMIN so PR:H not PR:L; local unmount trigger gives AV:L, and a kernel UAF supports high C/I/A.

3.1 AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
4.0 AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SUSE
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
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Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

5
Analysis Generated
Jul 06, 2026 - 15:38 vuln.today
CVSS changed
Jul 06, 2026 - 15:37 NVD
7.8 (HIGH)
Patch available
Jun 24, 2026 - 18:02 EUVD
CVE Published
Jun 24, 2026 - 16:30 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)
CVE Published
Jun 24, 2026 - 16:30 nvd
HIGH 7.8

DescriptionNVD

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

fs/mbcache: cancel shrink work before destroying the cache

mb_cache_destroy() calls shrinker_free() and then frees all cache entries and the cache itself, but it does not cancel the pending c_shrink_work work item first.

If mb_cache_entry_create() schedules c_shrink_work via schedule_work() and the work item is still pending or running when mb_cache_destroy() runs, mb_cache_shrink_worker() will access the cache after its memory has been freed, causing a use-after-free.

This is only reachable by a privileged user (root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN) who can trigger the last put of a mounted ext2/ext4/ocfs2 filesystem.

Cancel the work item with cancel_work_sync() before calling shrinker_free(), ensuring the worker has finished and will not be rescheduled before the cache is torn down.

AnalysisAI

Local privilege-dependent use-after-free in the Linux kernel's fs/mbcache subsystem allows a privileged user (root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN) to trigger memory corruption when unmounting an ext2, ext4, or ocfs2 filesystem. mb_cache_destroy() frees the cache without cancelling the pending c_shrink_work item, so a still-running mb_cache_shrink_worker() accesses freed memory (CWE-416), potentially leading to kernel code execution or crash. No public exploit identified at time of analysis; EPSS is low (0.16%, 5th percentile) and it is not on CISA KEV.

Technical ContextAI

The mbcache (fs/mbcache.c) is a generic in-kernel metadata block cache used by ext2, ext4, and ocfs2 to deduplicate extended-attribute (xattr) blocks. It uses a deferred workqueue item, c_shrink_work, scheduled via schedule_work() from mb_cache_entry_create() to shrink the cache under memory pressure. The root cause is a use-after-free (CWE-416): mb_cache_destroy() calls shrinker_free() and frees all entries and the cache structure itself, but never calls cancel_work_sync() to flush the pending or running shrink worker. If the worker is still queued or executing during teardown, mb_cache_shrink_worker() dereferences the already-freed cache object. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:linux:linux, i.e. the mainline/stable Linux kernel.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: upgrade to a fixed stable kernel - 6.12.91, 6.18.33, 7.0.10, or 7.1 (or your distribution's backported equivalent) - which adds cancel_work_sync() before shrinker_free() in mb_cache_destroy(). The fix commits are at https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a88d39a74a208e197c03bffaa2df34de732af19f and the sibling stable references above; distribution advisories track https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53129. Because exploitation requires root or CAP_SYS_ADMIN to perform the final unmount, the most effective compensating control until patching is to restrict who can mount and unmount filesystems and who holds CAP_SYS_ADMIN - avoid granting mount capability to containers or service accounts, and disable user-controlled or automatic mounting of ext2/ext4/ocfs2 volumes; the trade-off is reduced flexibility for dynamic storage and container workloads that legitimately mount filesystems.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Moderate
Product Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 Affected
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