Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-43163
Published: May 7, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU130570
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-43163
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free race in write_page() when resizing an array while bitmap daemon work is iterating over bitmap->storage.filemap. A local user can trigger concurrent bitmap update and resize operations to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because the md thread can continue running during quiesce(), allowing concurrent access to freed pages.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-43163
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/140cc839fbeb1ddb33a8da8811b716d88d3905b7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46ef85f854dfa9d5226b3c1c46493d79556c9589
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f73c8b33df9a605a591eab72d43a969600c1f8c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a6f8cd28bb9bb6ed86a6df19331fb08016dee7f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a437e3bf30e32846079e470c1ba5ee790bccdf89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3af62411e19752c663fe4f424dbf49d95a4cc7c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d92b8fac294b5f915c50e65ce4ae2262e53614ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebcacc7ca22d5e8a03a970f0621ae1d1356b9ae8