Bug 2502422 (CVE-2026-63952) - CVE-2026-63952 kernel: memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE
Summary: CVE-2026-63952 kernel: memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-63952
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-07-19 16:07 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-21 00:56 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:57251 0 None None None 2026-08-20 05:22:30 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:57252 0 None None None 2026-08-20 05:13:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:67720 0 None None None 2026-09-16 00:55:04 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:69089 0 None None None 2026-09-21 00:56:37 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-07-19 16:07:18 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE

When SEAL_EXEC is added, SEAL_WRITE is implied to make W^X.  But the
implied seal is set after the check that makes sure the memfd can not have
any writable mappings.  This means one can use SEAL_EXEC to apply
SEAL_WRITE while having writeable mappings.

This breaks the contract that SEAL_WRITE provides and can be used by an
attacker to pass a memfd that appears to be write sealed but can still be
modified arbitrarily.

Fix this by adding the implied seals before the call for
mapping_deny_writable() is done.

Comment 1 Mauro Matteo Cascella 2026-07-21 17:21:10 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2026071955-CVE-2026-63952-0c7b@gregkh/T

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-20 05:13:22 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:57252 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57252

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-08-20 05:22:29 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:57251 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:57251

Comment 7 Jon Orris 2026-09-16 00:55:03 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.6 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:67720 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:67720

Comment 8 Jon Orris 2026-09-21 00:56:36 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0 Extended Update Support

Via RHSA-2026:69089 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:69089


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