Use After Free Affecting linux-qemu-melange package, versions <6.18.38-r0
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- published11 Jul 2026
- disclosed25 Jun 2026
Introduced: 25 Jun 2026
NewCVE-2026-53160 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Chainguard linux-qemu-melange to version 6.18.38-r0 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-qemu-melange package and not the linux-qemu-melange package as distributed by Chainguard.
See How to fix? for Chainguard relevant fixed versions and status.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
misc: fastrpc: fix use-after-free race in fastrpc_map_create
fastrpc_map_lookup returns a raw pointer after releasing fl->lock. The caller fastrpc_map_create then calls fastrpc_map_get (kref_get_unless_zero) on this unprotected pointer. A concurrent MEM_UNMAP can free the map between the lock release and the kref operation, resulting in a use-after-free on the freed slab object.
Restore the take_ref parameter to fastrpc_map_lookup so the reference is acquired atomically under fl->lock before the pointer is exposed to the caller.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07ebe87915d8accdaba20c4f88c5ae430fe62fbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a3b87293fbd34fda651e6aead9964f84b893962
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b0166112019d1dce30b976ab28fd67f7f0be532
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b080c89183196fd3e49212f2a1a1c4a29335b9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992f121796b7ca83a5a8b93da24e971363206218
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f20f6512ecb75c816e0debf4551a138f098615c4