Bug 2532156 (CVE-2026-89763) - CVE-2026-89763 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in TPM trusted keys due to incorrect teardown ordering
Summary: CVE-2026-89763 kernel: Linux kernel: Use-after-free in TPM trusted keys due t...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-89763
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2026-09-11 21:00 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-09-15 04:41 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-09-11 21:00:28 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

KEYS: trusted: Fix TPM teardown ordering

trusted_tpm_exit() drops the TPM chip reference and frees the digest
array before unregistering the trusted key type. key_type_lookup()
holds key_types_sem for reading until the key operation finishes, while
unregister_key_type() takes it for writing. It therefore provides the
synchronization point that must precede backend teardown.

The current order permits this interleaving:

  CPU 0                              CPU 1
  trusted_tpm_exit()                 key_type_lookup("trusted")
    put_device(&chip->dev)             trusted_tpm_seal()
    kfree(digests)                       pcrlock()
    unregister_key_type()                  tpm_pcr_extend(..., digests)

CPU 1 can consequently dereference the freed digest array. The chip can
also be released before callbacks stop using it.

KASAN reported:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200
  Read of size 2 at addr ffff88810872d000 by task poc/89
  Call Trace:
    tpm_pcr_extend+0x1f0/0x200
    pcrlock+0x42/0x70 [trusted]
    trusted_tpm_seal+0x1b6/0x570 [trusted]
    trusted_instantiate+0x293/0x340 [trusted]
    __key_instantiate_and_link+0xb2/0x2b0
    __key_create_or_update+0x61e/0xb50
    __do_sys_add_key+0x1b8/0x310
  Allocated by task 88:
    __kmalloc_noprof+0x1a7/0x490
    do_one_initcall+0xa1/0x390
    do_init_module+0x2df/0x840
  Freed by task 90:
    kfree+0x131/0x3c0
    trusted_tpm_exit+0x59/0xa0 [trusted]
    __do_sys_delete_module+0x346/0x510

Move unregister_key_type() before releasing either resource. This stops
new lookups and waits for in-flight key operations to finish before the
backend state is destroyed.


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