Bug 2439920 (CVE-2026-23184) - CVE-2026-23184 kernel: binder: fix UAF in binder_netlink_report()
Summary: CVE-2026-23184 kernel: binder: fix UAF in binder_netlink_report()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-23184
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-02-14 17:03 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-02-16 20:10 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-02-14 17:03:07 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

binder: fix UAF in binder_netlink_report()

Oneway transactions sent to frozen targets via binder_proc_transaction()
return a BR_TRANSACTION_PENDING_FROZEN error but they are still treated
as successful since the target is expected to thaw at some point. It is
then not safe to access 't' after BR_TRANSACTION_PENDING_FROZEN errors
as the transaction could have been consumed by the now thawed target.

This is the case for binder_netlink_report() which derreferences 't'
after a pending frozen error, as pointed out by the following KASAN
report:

  ==================================================================
  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_netlink_report.isra.0+0x694/0x6c8
  Read of size 8 at addr ffff00000f98ba38 by task binder-util/522

  CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 522 Comm: binder-util Not tainted 6.19.0-rc6-00015-gc03e9c42ae8f #1 PREEMPT
  Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
  Call trace:
   binder_netlink_report.isra.0+0x694/0x6c8
   binder_transaction+0x66e4/0x79b8
   binder_thread_write+0xab4/0x4440
   binder_ioctl+0x1fd4/0x2940
   [...]

  Allocated by task 522:
   __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x17c/0x50c
   binder_transaction+0x584/0x79b8
   binder_thread_write+0xab4/0x4440
   binder_ioctl+0x1fd4/0x2940
   [...]

  Freed by task 488:
   kfree+0x1d0/0x420
   binder_free_transaction+0x150/0x234
   binder_thread_read+0x2d08/0x3ce4
   binder_ioctl+0x488/0x2940
   [...]
  ==================================================================

Instead, make a transaction copy so the data can be safely accessed by
binder_netlink_report() after a pending frozen error. While here, add a
comment about not using t->buffer in binder_netlink_report().


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