CVE-2026-63952CWE-362

CVE-2026-63952

High · published July 19, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
2.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE

When SEAL_EXEC is added, SEAL_WRITE is implied to make W^X. But the

implied seal is set after the check that makes sure the memfd can not have

any writable mappings. This means one can use SEAL_EXEC to apply

SEAL_WRITE while having writeable mappings.

This breaks the contract that SEAL_WRITE provides and can be used by an

attacker to pass a memfd that appears to be write sealed but can still be

modified arbitrarily.

Fix this by adding the implied seals before the call for

mapping_deny_writable() is done.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00127 · 2.2th percentile
Weakness
CWE-362 · Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Published
2026-07-19T20:17Z
References (5)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 JUL 14:55Z
    memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE
    cvelistv5