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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.4 High

CVE-2026-63952

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE

Description

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.

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 to < b3f4f82d1315f1439059a83d1c22c51a5b43d99eaffected
  • c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 to < 3be2a24f7f72ad7321ed6ad1715b956a4527bcf4affected
  • c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 to < 0995d1f79aed8ccbf62056189dd53fd19726ea08affected
  • c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 to < 555702282d4536a865dfffb1cd4f6028f196e7e8affected
  • c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 to < 3b041514cb6eae45869b020f743c14d983363222affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 6.3affected
  • 0 to < 6.3unaffected
  • 6.6.143 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.93 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.18.35 to ≤ 6.18.*unaffected
  • 7.0.12 to ≤ 7.0.*unaffected
  • 7.1 to ≤ *unaffected

References