Linux Kernel up to 6.18.32/7.0.9 dma-buf use after free

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.32/7.0.9. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file dma-buf. The manipulation results in use after free. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2026-52950. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.18.32/7.0.9. Affected is an unknown function of the file dma-buf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a use after free vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-416. Referencing memory after it has been freed can cause a program to crash, use unexpected values, or execute code. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/dma-buf: fix UAF with retry loop Retry doesn't work here, since bo will be freed on error, leading to UAF. However, now that we do the alloc & init before the attach, we can now combine this as one unit and have the init do the alloc for us. This should make the retry safe. Reported by Sashiko. v2: Fix up the error unwind (CI) (cherry picked from commit 479669418253e0f27f8cf5db01a731352ea592e7)

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-52950 since 06/09/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/17/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 323431 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2026-52950), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 6.18.33 or 7.0.10 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 39fdac6be02eb7c3460518c1c4085f75f935c4ce/827062952ed9bdf4220466c1f05ce452d04bdedf/155a372a1cc50fa93387c5d3cdfd614a61e1afd1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (323431) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2026-2077). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Oracle Linux

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 6.18.0
• 6.18.1
• 6.18.2
• 6.18.3
• 6.18.4
• 6.18.5
• 6.18.6
• 6.18.7
• 6.18.8
• 6.18.9
• 6.18.10
• 6.18.11
• 6.18.12
• 6.18.13
• 6.18.14
• 6.18.15
• 6.18.16
• 6.18.17
• 6.18.18
• 6.18.19
• 6.18.20
• 6.18.21
• 6.18.22
• 6.18.23
• 6.18.24
• 6.18.25
• 6.18.26
• 6.18.27
• 6.18.28
• 6.18.29
• 6.18.30
• 6.18.31
• 6.18.32
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.4
• 7.0.5
• 7.0.6
• 7.0.7
• 7.0.8
• 7.0.9

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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