Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2026-52930
Published: June 25, 2026
Vulnerability identifier: #VU135441
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-2026-52930
CWE-ID: CWE-362
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 race condition in shared memory orphan cleanup in ipc/shm.c when cleaning up orphaned shared memory segments while attachment counts are updated concurrently. A local user can trigger concurrent shared memory attach and cleanup operations to cause a denial of service.
The issue occurs because shm_destroy_orphaned() may decide that an orphaned segment is unused before taking the object lock.
How to mitigate CVE-2026-52930
Install security update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/030bbc857bd51d4b25a90d931d3f8775ef22823a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f0d01e35dbb228084d5187212e32c91a30dcbeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5c6f4fd4001562781e99bbfc7f1f0127187542
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6560be3f6a5bb84f006f184f0c966747bb58e1a3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92cda2593cf2ed25b0e9d78e5e6d8303bba1a064
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1e9aef48e4d8a0c1b54fb913077b0824ed7d650
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5107b4ce3ad45fcf369ee2058c8910620f4b5a8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db752ebfdaf2c7f27cd9690ef48b616af068319c