ipc/shm: serialize orphan cleanup with shm_nattch updates (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-52930
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.12 % · percentile 2 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipc/shm: serialize orphan cleanup with shm_nattch updates shm_destroy_orphaned() walks the shm idr under shm_ids(ns).rwsem, but that does not serialize all fields tested by shm_may_destroy(). In particular, shm_nattch is updated while holding shm_perm.lock, and attach paths can do that without holding the rwsem. Do not decide that an orphaned segment is unused before taking the object lock. Move the shm_may_destroy() check under shm_perm.lock, matching the other destroy paths, and unlock the segment when it no longer qualifies for removal.

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d < b1e9aef48e4d8a0c1b54fb913077b0824ed7d650 ; affected 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d < 92cda2593cf2ed25b0e9d78e5e6d8303bba1a064 ; affected 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d < 1f0d01e35dbb228084d5187212e32c91a30dcbeb ; affected 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d < 6560be3f6a5bb84f006f184f0c966747bb58e1a3 ; affected 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d < b5107b4ce3ad45fcf369ee2058c8910620f4b5a8 ; affected 4c677e2eefdba9c5bfc4474e2e91b26ae8458a1d < db752ebfdaf2c7f27cd9690ef48b616af068319c
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.1 ; unaffected 0 < 3.1 ; unaffected 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.176 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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