CVE-2026-63952
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
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.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.8CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 8.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.16%• Percentile: 6%
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
< 6.12.94-1 | < 7.0.12-1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 7.0.0-28.28
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | < 7.0.0-1009.9
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | < 7.0.0-1010.10
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-7.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | < 7.0.0-1009.9
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.17
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | < 7.0.0-1008.8
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.14
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.17
all
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References (16)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f4f82d1315f1439059a83d1c22c51a5b43d99e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be2a24f7f72ad7321ed6ad1715b956a4527bcf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0995d1f79aed8ccbf62056189dd53fd19726ea08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/555702282d4536a865dfffb1cd4f6028f196e7e8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b041514cb6eae45869b020f743c14d983363222
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2026-63952
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-63952
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/3b041514cb6eae45869b020f743c14d983363222
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8593-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8603-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8618-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2026-63952
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8663-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8664-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8728-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8781-1