Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53129
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135161
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53129
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 privileged user to cause a denial of service.
The vulnerability exists due to use-after-free in mb_cache_destroy() and mb_cache_shrink_worker() when destroying an mbcache instance while scheduled shrink work is pending or running. A local privileged user can trigger the last put of a mounted ext2, ext4, or ocfs2 filesystem to cause a denial of service.
The issue is only reachable when the attacker can trigger teardown of the cache for a mounted filesystem.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53129
Install security update from vendor's repository.