Use-after-free in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-52950

Vulnerability identifier: #VU135421

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [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]

CVE-ID: CVE-2026-52950

CWE-ID: CWE-416

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to cause a denial of service.

The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free in the drm/xe dma-buf import handling in xe_gem_prime_import() when processing a dma-buf attachment with the retry loop. A local user can trigger an error path that frees the backing object and then causes it to be reused to cause a denial of service.

Linux kernel
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64
Ubuntu
kernel (Red Hat package)
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
kernel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 5.14.0-687.30.1.el9_8, 6.12.0-211.37.1.el10_2
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/155a372a1cc50fa93387c5d3cdfd614a61e1afd1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39fdac6be02eb7c3460518c1c4085f75f935c4ce
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/827062952ed9bdf4220466c1f05ce452d04bdedf

• Use-after-free in Linux kernel drm xe driver
• Ubuntu update for linux-oem-7.0
• Ubuntu update for linux
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 update for kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-ibm
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 update for kernel
• Ubuntu update for linux-azure
• Ubuntu update for linux-aws
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia-bos
• Ubuntu update for linux-nvidia