Improper control of a resource through its lifetime in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53109
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135189
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-2026-53109
CWE-ID: CWE-664
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 improper state management in pte_frag_destroy when freeing cached page table fragments during process exit. A local user can trigger process exit with a crafted memory state to cause a denial of service.
The issue affects the powerpc page table fragment handling path for hash with 64K page size and can occur in a corner case involving deferred PTE table freeing in parallel with do_exit().
How to mitigate CVE-2026-53109
Install security update from vendor's repository.