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CVE-2026-63952

HIGH
8.4
CVSS 3.1
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.

Metadata

CVE ID
CVE-2026-63952
State
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Linux
Reserved
2026-07-19 07:54 UTC
Published
2026-07-19 14:55 UTC
Last updated
2026-07-20 13:41 UTC
Vendor / Product
Linux / Linux
Sources
cve.org  ·  NVD

Severity & Metrics

8.4 HIGH CVSS 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Affected products (2)
VendorProductPlatformVersions
Linux Linux c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 < b3f4f82d1315f1439059a83d1c22c51a5b43d99e, c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 < 3be2a24f7f72ad7321ed6ad1715b956a4527bcf4, c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 < 0995d1f79aed8ccbf62056189dd53fd19726ea08, c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 < 555702282d4536a865dfffb1cd4f6028f196e7e8 …
Linux Linux 6.3, 0 < 6.3, 6.6.143 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.93 ≤ 6.12.* …
CVSS scores (1)
ScoreSeverityVersionSourceVector
8.4 HIGH 3.1 cna CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
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