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GHSA-P525-H9PQ-233R

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-02-18 18:30 – Updated: 2026-02-18 18:30

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

sched/mmcid: Don't assume CID is CPU owned on mode switch

Shinichiro reported a KASAN UAF, which is actually an out of bounds access in the MMCID management code.

CPU0 CPU1 T1 runs in userspace T0: fork(T4) -> Switch to per CPU CID mode fixup() set MM_CID_TRANSIT on T1/CPU1 T4 exit() T3 exit() T2 exit() T1 exit() switch to per task mode ---> Out of bounds access.

As T1 has not scheduled after T0 set the TRANSIT bit, it exits with the TRANSIT bit set. sched_mm_cid_remove_user() clears the TRANSIT bit in the task and drops the CID, but it does not touch the per CPU storage. That's functionally correct because a CID is only owned by the CPU when the ONCPU bit is set, which is mutually exclusive with the TRANSIT flag.

Now sched_mm_cid_exit() assumes that the CID is CPU owned because the prior mode was per CPU. It invokes mm_drop_cid_on_cpu() which clears the not set ONCPU bit and then invokes clear_bit() with an insanely large bit number because TRANSIT is set (bit 29).

Prevent that by actually validating that the CID is CPU owned in mm_drop_cid_on_cpu().

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CVE-2026-23225 (GCVE-0-2026-23225)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-02-18 14:53 – Updated: 2026-02-18 14:53

Title

sched/mmcid: Don't assume CID is CPU owned on mode switch

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sched/mmcid: Don't assume CID is CPU owned on mode switch Shinichiro reported a KASAN UAF, which is actually an out of bounds access in the MMCID management code. CPU0 CPU1 T1 runs in userspace T0: fork(T4) -> Switch to per CPU CID mode fixup() set MM_CID_TRANSIT on T1/CPU1 T4 exit() T3 exit() T2 exit() T1 exit() switch to per task mode ---> Out of bounds access. As T1 has not scheduled after T0 set the TRANSIT bit, it exits with the TRANSIT bit set. sched_mm_cid_remove_user() clears the TRANSIT bit in the task and drops the CID, but it does not touch the per CPU storage. That's functionally correct because a CID is only owned by the CPU when the ONCPU bit is set, which is mutually exclusive with the TRANSIT flag. Now sched_mm_cid_exit() assumes that the CID is CPU owned because the prior mode was per CPU. It invokes mm_drop_cid_on_cpu() which clears the not set ONCPU bit and then invokes clear_bit() with an insanely large bit number because TRANSIT is set (bit 29). Prevent that by actually validating that the CID is CPU owned in mm_drop_cid_on_cpu().

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No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f29975631db8a78…

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Linux

Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 81f29975631db8a78651b3140ecd0f88ffafc476 (git)

Linux

Unaffected: 6.19.1 , ≤ 6.19.* (semver)

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GHSA-P525-H9PQ-233R

CVE-2026-23225 (GCVE-0-2026-23225)

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