CVE-2026-53084

bpf: return VMA snapshot from task_vma iterator

published June 24, 2026

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

bpf: return VMA snapshot from task_vma iterator

Holding the per-VMA lock across the BPF program body creates a lock

ordering problem when helpers acquire locks that depend on mmap_lock:

vm_lock -> i_rwsem -> mmap_lock -> vm_lock

Snapshot the VMA under the per-VMA lock in _next() via memcpy(), then

drop the lock before returning. The BPF program accesses only the

snapshot.

The verifier only trusts vm_mm and vm_file pointers (see

BTF_TYPE_SAFE_TRUSTED_OR_NULL in verifier.c). vm_file is reference-

counted with get_file() under the lock and released via fput() on the

next iteration or in _destroy(). vm_mm is already correct because

lock_vma_under_rcu() verifies vma->vm_mm == mm. All other pointers

are left as-is by memcpy() since the verifier treats them as untrusted.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00162 · 5.0th percentile
Published
2026-06-24T16:30Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 24 JUN 16:30Z
    bpf: return VMA snapshot from task_vma iterator
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