CVE-2026-53272

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

erofs: fix use-after-free on sbi->sync_decompress

z_erofs_decompress_kickoff() can race with filesystem unmount, causing a use-after-free on sbi->sync_decompress.

When I/O completes, z_erofs_endio() calls z_erofs_decompress_kickoff() to queue z_erofs_decompressqueue_work() asynchronously. Then, after all folios are unlocked, unmount workflow can proceed and sbi will be freed before accessing to sbi->sync_decompress.

Thread (unmount) I/O completion kworker queue_work z_erofs_decompressqueue_work (all folios are unlocked) cleanup_mnt .. erofs_kill_sb erofs_sb_free kfree(sbi) access sbi->sync_decompress // UAF!!

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux40452ffca3c1a0f2994e826f9fa213b107f1a2d4 < 86ab00cf81d44b675bb23db62b88fd76c8ac8ceaaffected
LinuxLinux40452ffca3c1a0f2994e826f9fa213b107f1a2d4 < 00bf6868df65fa95b3854996246d15759fdc7070affected
LinuxLinux40452ffca3c1a0f2994e826f9fa213b107f1a2d4 < 95caf60da33d87ed26c28993620f0d92487b0296affected
LinuxLinux40452ffca3c1a0f2994e826f9fa213b107f1a2d4 < 1aee05e814d292064bf5fa15733741040cdc48baaffected
LinuxLinux5.17affected
LinuxLinux0 < 5.17unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.94 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18.36 <= 6.18.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.0.13 <= 7.0.*unaffected
LinuxLinux7.1 <= *unaffected

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