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GHSA-WV58-H966-QV76

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-09-11 21:31 – Updated: 2026-09-13 09:32

Details

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

KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering

trusted_tpm_exit() drops the TPM chip reference and frees the digest array before unregistering the trusted key type. key_type_lookup() holds key_types_sem for reading until the key operation finishes, while unregister_key_type() takes it for writing. It therefore provides the synchronization point that must precede backend teardown.

The current order permits this interleaving:

CPU 0 CPU 1 trusted_tpm_exit() key_type_lookup("trusted") put_device(&chip->dev) trusted_tpm_seal() kfree(digests) pcrlock() unregister_key_type() tpm_pcr_extend(..., digests)

CPU 1 can consequently dereference the freed digest array. The chip can also be released before callbacks stop using it.

KASAN reported:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810872d000 by task poc/89 Call Trace: tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200 pcrlock+0x42/0x70 [trusted] trusted_tpm_seal+0x1b6/0x570 [trusted] trusted_instantiate+0x293/0x340 [trusted] __key_instantiate_and_link+0xb2/0x2b0 __key_create_or_update+0x61e/0xb50 __do_sys_add_key+0x1b8/0x310 Allocated by task 88: __kmalloc_noprof+0x1a7/0x490 do_one_initcall+0xa1/0x390 do_init_module+0x2df/0x840 Freed by task 90: kfree+0x131/0x3c0 trusted_tpm_exit+0x59/0xa0 [trusted] __do_sys_delete_module+0x346/0x510

Move unregister_key_type() before releasing either resource. This stops new lookups and waits for in-flight key operations to finish before the backend state is destroyed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-89763"
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  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering\n\ntrusted_tpm_exit() drops the TPM chip reference and frees the digest\narray before unregistering the trusted key type. key_type_lookup()\nholds key_types_sem for reading until the key operation finishes, while\nunregister_key_type() takes it for writing. It therefore provides the\nsynchronization point that must precede backend teardown.\n\nThe current order permits this interleaving:\n\n  CPU 0                              CPU 1\n  trusted_tpm_exit()                 key_type_lookup(\"trusted\")\n    put_device(\u0026chip-\u003edev)             trusted_tpm_seal()\n    kfree(digests)                       pcrlock()\n    unregister_key_type()                  tpm_pcr_extend(..., digests)\n\nCPU 1 can consequently dereference the freed digest array. The chip can\nalso be released before callbacks stop using it.\n\nKASAN reported:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200\n  Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810872d000 by task poc/89\n  Call Trace:\n    tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200\n    pcrlock+0x42/0x70 [trusted]\n    trusted_tpm_seal+0x1b6/0x570 [trusted]\n    trusted_instantiate+0x293/0x340 [trusted]\n    __key_instantiate_and_link+0xb2/0x2b0\n    __key_create_or_update+0x61e/0xb50\n    __do_sys_add_key+0x1b8/0x310\n  Allocated by task 88:\n    __kmalloc_noprof+0x1a7/0x490\n    do_one_initcall+0xa1/0x390\n    do_init_module+0x2df/0x840\n  Freed by task 90:\n    kfree+0x131/0x3c0\n    trusted_tpm_exit+0x59/0xa0 [trusted]\n    __do_sys_delete_module+0x346/0x510\n\nMove unregister_key_type() before releasing either resource. This stops\nnew lookups and waits for in-flight key operations to finish before the\nbackend state is destroyed.",
  "id": "GHSA-wv58-h966-qv76",
  "modified": "2026-09-13T09:32:30Z",
  "published": "2026-09-11T21:31:39Z",
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CVE-2026-89763 (GCVE-0-2026-89763)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-11 19:47 – Updated: 2026-09-13 06:34

Title

KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering trusted_tpm_exit() drops the TPM chip reference and frees the digest array before unregistering the trusted key type. key_type_lookup() holds key_types_sem for reading until the key operation finishes, while unregister_key_type() takes it for writing. It therefore provides the synchronization point that must precede backend teardown. The current order permits this interleaving: CPU 0 CPU 1 trusted_tpm_exit() key_type_lookup("trusted") put_device(&chip->dev) trusted_tpm_seal() kfree(digests) pcrlock() unregister_key_type() tpm_pcr_extend(..., digests) CPU 1 can consequently dereference the freed digest array. The chip can also be released before callbacks stop using it. KASAN reported: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200 Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810872d000 by task poc/89 Call Trace: tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200 pcrlock+0x42/0x70 [trusted] trusted_tpm_seal+0x1b6/0x570 [trusted] trusted_instantiate+0x293/0x340 [trusted] __key_instantiate_and_link+0xb2/0x2b0 __key_create_or_update+0x61e/0xb50 __do_sys_add_key+0x1b8/0x310 Allocated by task 88: __kmalloc_noprof+0x1a7/0x490 do_one_initcall+0xa1/0x390 do_init_module+0x2df/0x840 Freed by task 90: kfree+0x131/0x3c0 trusted_tpm_exit+0x59/0xa0 [trusted] __do_sys_delete_module+0x346/0x510 Move unregister_key_type() before releasing either resource. This stops new lookups and waits for in-flight key operations to finish before the backend state is destroyed.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/753c978f2400f9783…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f7541afbc57fe9d2…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e2d672280d97d83d…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 0b6cf6b97b7ef1fa3c7fefab0cac897a1c4a3400 , < 753c978f2400f9783eb524842a975d3ac950d511 (git) Affected: 0b6cf6b97b7ef1fa3c7fefab0cac897a1c4a3400 , < 2f7541afbc57fe9d26769a22c31d8ce8790c9a19 (git) Affected: 0b6cf6b97b7ef1fa3c7fefab0cac897a1c4a3400 , < 5e2d672280d97d83de43031d93761b12dadd7b8a (git)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.1 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.1 (semver) Unaffected: 6.18.50 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.2.4 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver) Unaffected: 7.3-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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