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High 7.8Published Sep 17, 2026

CVE-2026-93137bpf: Fix use-after-free on mm_struct in bpf_find_vma()

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No exploitation reported and no EPSS estimate yet.

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

CVSS
7.8 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
Not given
Known exploited
Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by
Linux
NVD analysis
Received
Record last updated
Sep 18, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals
Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products
Linux Linux
linux:linux (from the name)
from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 before db347840d6b6ee9bb9b8e4a985d4b4419f9f3200; from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 before 8e1101fc4118019a69c96ced4aec93164f89cbd5; from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 before c7ad910e987008e125eeff448892e86852173384; from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 before 86d54cf069fc5ae2e111c87933bebf6eb527978e; 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 builds before 2b2a903bee56d312539046d9defa8023eec94760; from 7c7e3d31e7856a8260a254f8c71db416f7f9f5a1 before 47b079e2117a2ee52e21f8b72935900c702fc0b5
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