Improper access control in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-53095

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135218

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-53095

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to modify kernel function arguments.

The vulnerability exists due to improper access control in the BPF kprobe and freplace program attachment logic when attaching a freplace program to a kprobe program with mismatched kprobe_write_ctx values. A local user can attach a crafted freplace program to a kprobe program to modify struct pt_regs and modify kernel function arguments.

This issue arises because uprobe programs use the KPROBE program type, enabling abuse of kprobe_write_ctx through the kprobe+freplace combination.

Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package)

Install security update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - update to 7.0 rc3
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-28.28, 7.0.0-28.28.1, 7.0.0-1003.4, 7.0.0-1008.8
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1008.8, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-oem-7.0 (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-1009.9
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1010.10
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1009.9, 7.0.0-1015.15
linux-nvidia (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 7.0.0-1016.16, 7.0.0-1016.16~24.04.1
linux-nvidia-bos (Ubuntu package) - update to 7.0.0-2016.16

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/611fe4b79af72d00d80f2223354284447daafae9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9836cadbd96c7e0dbb0018fa60e7872dd31ac4f8
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b312cf41b9e43f442613053f6cad39898e1baf96

• Improper access control in Linux kernel bpf
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia