CVEvulnerability
CVE-2026-43497
7.3 HIGH
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2026-05-21
- Last modified
- 2026-07-23
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 (416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)
- 7.3 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-416
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
fbdev: udlfb: add vm_ops to dlfb_ops_mmap to prevent use-after-free
dlfb_ops_mmap() uses remap_pfn_range() to map vmalloc framebuffer pages
to userspace but sets no vm_ops on the VMA. This means the kernel cannot
track active mmaps. When dlfb_realloc_framebuffer() replaces the backing
buffer via FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, existing mmap PTEs are not invalidated.
On USB disconnect, dlfb_ops_destroy() calls vfree() on the old pages
while userspace PTEs still reference them, resulting in a use-after-free:
the process retains read/write access to freed kernel pages.
Add vm_operations_struct with open/close callbacks that maintain an
atomic mmap_count on struct dlfb_data. In dlfb_realloc_framebuffer(),
check mmap_count and return -EBUSY if the buffer is currently mapped,
preventing buffer replacement while userspace holds stale PTEs.
Tested with PoC using dummy_hcd + raw_gadget USB device emulation.
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.19 < 5.10.258)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.209)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 6.1.175)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.2 < 6.6.140)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.7 < 6.12.88)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.13 < 6.18.30)
• linux linux kernel (>= 6.19 < 7.0.7)
• linux linux kernel 7.1
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-416 Use After Free weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18dd358de72d57993422cbb5dfb29ccd74efe192 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f312c30f0368e8d2a76aa650dff73f23490b5e7 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5931f5651ee32bd41b3323256b31fcc8e71336ed Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60f711cfd580f86fea8284146ac133804e728f9a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8de779dc40d35d39fa07387b6f921eb11df0f511 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2c53a3822ee26e8d758071815b9ed3bf6669fc1 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da9b065cedfd3b574f229d5be594e6aa47a27ae6 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3d9865dacd7435b8465848428210d0f0c673311 Patch