CVE-2026-53381

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtiofs: fix UAF on submount umount iput() called from fuse_release_end() can Oops if the super block has already been destroyed. Normally this is prevented by waiting for num_waiting to go down to zero before commencing with super block shutdown. This only works, however, for the last submount instance, as the wait counter is per connection, not per superblock. Revert to using synchronous release requests for the auto_submounts case, which is virtiofs only at this time.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06b41351779e9289e8785694ade9042ae85e41ea	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b809199ff87c44487e516a725dd4be2185712ce	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1cc0e3a0c6499aaaa2f21a4fcbba388486afb25e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2181a09ba980f142650fb053666350ead4471cfe	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2abfd3ffbd9452f72535d96ff3982b3ab1f8f2f9	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39a2b95e008665c14f84e50ed411d898df7cd11b	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/607a1d4c42f649e6197567c0448fd9ebb316cd42	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c4691653d145dcc699eca5d3aba3219a520f1f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e09412a714bcd49375198427bb4aa005037a9d6f	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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History

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Information

Published : 2026-07-19 12:16

Updated : 2026-08-17 05:17

NVD link : CVE-2026-53381

Mitre link : CVE-2026-53381

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2026-53381

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-416

Use After Free

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