CVE-2026-98777

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: binder: fix leaked fd fixups on TF_UPDATE_TXN supersede When a TF_UPDATE_TXN transaction supersedes a pending async transaction in a frozen process, the outdated transaction is freed with kfree() directly. This skips binder_free_txn_fixups(), leaking all binder_txn_fd_fixup entries and their fget()'d struct file references. The leaked file refcounts never reach zero, so the struct file objects are permanently pinned in memory. They survive process exit and accumulate across invocations until file-max exhaustion. Every other transaction cleanup path (binder_free_transaction(), binder_transaction() error paths, binder_release_work()) correctly calls binder_free_txn_fixups(). Add the missing call before kfree() in the t_outdated cleanup block.

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedOct 18, 2026
First seenOct 18, 2026

How to fix

Update
  • Linux Linuxab3f0ea529d4e36dde52c8efc76082c501abf9b6, a7329ea53d04f0c6135d02905810cd6f42acdf45, 7fd609fb0e9dcbc4d7a1e4da1af5368c0555ff55, 1299cb3fb061598496086fc87ff291057831148e, 6673f4f21e2fddfed0abe1eb9045cc958e6db130, c4c02084d6687d5cd5edccaf52cc45e5160f1184 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linux9864bb4801331daa48514face9d0f4861e4d485b ≤ v < ab3f0ea529d4e36dde52c8efc76082c501abf9b6, 9864bb4801331daa48514face9d0f4861e4d485b ≤ v < a7329ea53d04f0c6135d02905810cd6f42acdf45, 9864bb4801331daa48514face9d0f4861e4d485b ≤ v < 7fd609fb0e9dcbc4d7a1e4da1af5368c0555ff55, 9864bb4801331daa48514face9d0f4861e4d485b ≤ v < 1299cb3fb061598496086fc87ff291057831148e, 9864bb4801331daa48514face9d0f4861e4d485b ≤ v < 6673f4f21e2fddfed0abe1eb9045cc958e6db130, 9864bb4801331daa48514face9d0f4861e4d485b ≤ v < c4c02084d6687d5cd5edccaf52cc45e5160f1184, 6.0ab3f0ea529d4e36dde52c8efc76082c501abf9b6, a7329ea53d04f0c6135d02905810cd6f42acdf45, 7fd609fb0e9dcbc4d7a1e4da1af5368c0555ff55, 1299cb3fb061598496086fc87ff291057831148e, 6673f4f21e2fddfed0abe1eb9045cc958e6db130, c4c02084d6687d5cd5edccaf52cc45e5160f1184

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