CVE-2026-23225

High

Description

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().

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedFeb 18, 2026
First seenFeb 18, 2026

How to fix

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  • Linux Linux81f29975631db8a78651b3140ecd0f88ffafc476, 1e83ccd5921a610ef409a7d4e56db27822b4ea39 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux007d84287c7466ca68a5809b616338214dc5b77b ≤ v < 81f29975631db8a78651b3140ecd0f88ffafc476, 007d84287c7466ca68a5809b616338214dc5b77b ≤ v < 1e83ccd5921a610ef409a7d4e56db27822b4ea39, 6.1981f29975631db8a78651b3140ecd0f88ffafc476, 1e83ccd5921a610ef409a7d4e56db27822b4ea39

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