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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xen/privcmd: fix double free via VMA splitting privcmd_vm_ops defines .close (privcmd_close), but neither .may_split nor .open. When userspace does a partial munmap() on a privcmd mapping, the kernel splits the VMA via __split_vma(). Since may_split is NULL, the split is allowed. vm_area_dup() copies vm_private_data (a pages array allocated in alloc_empty_pages()) into the new VMA without any fixup, because there is no .open callback. Both VMAs now point to the same pages array. When the unmapped portion is closed, privcmd_close() calls: - xen_unmap_domain_gfn_range() - xen_free_unpopulated_pages() - kvfree(pages) The surviving VMA still holds the dangling pointer. When it is later destroyed, the same sequence runs again, which leads to a double free. Fix this issue by adding a .may_split callback denying the VMA split. This is XSA-487 / CVE-2026-31787
Upstream advisory: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026043034-CVE-2026-31787-f6cc@gregkh/T
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:26428 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26428
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Via RHSA-2026:26427 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:26427
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 Via RHSA-2026:27288 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27288
This issue has been addressed in the following products: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 Via RHSA-2026:27789 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27789