NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

CVE-2026-53118: vdpa: use generic driver_override infrastructure

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 31/100)

The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.12% (FIRST EPSS).
Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
Fixed version: Linux Linux 4005cb89139f7c9af85046b241dcf3fa2e1b3559, 4eab1a74a498f0bf19f102f9362e9deef9307aea, 654ef9c33e138ede6734ac286282df9faf83cd11; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes.
Mentioned 1 time in Turkish national cyber security advisories (siberguvenlik.gov.tr).

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 4005cb89139f7c9af85046b241dcf3fa2e1b3559, 4eab1a74a498f0bf19f102f9362e9deef9307aea, 654ef9c33e138ede6734ac286282df9faf83cd11; azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes; azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0 Release Notes or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: use generic driver_override infrastructure When a driver is probed through __driver_attach(), the bus' match() callback is called without the device lock held, thus accessing the driver_override field without a lock, which can cause a UAF. Fix this by using the driver-core driver_override infrastructure taking care of proper locking internally. Note that calling match() from __driver_attach() without the device lock held is intentional. [1]

HighCVSS 7.8 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Memory safety

Published: Jun 24, 2026
Updated: Oct 21, 2026
EPSS: 0.1% · 1th percentile
CWE: CWE-416

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Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS: 31 / 40 · 7.8 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.1%

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Vendor	Product	CPE
linux	linux kernel	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 6.18.33
linux linux kernel6.19 and later · before 7.0.10

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

Linux Linux
- 5.17affected
- 539fec78edb4e084e7c532affc56cc42d4ceea4b and later · before 4005cb89139f7c9af85046b241dcf3fa2e1b3559affected · git
- 539fec78edb4e084e7c532affc56cc42d4ceea4b and later · before 4eab1a74a498f0bf19f102f9362e9deef9307aeaaffected · git
- 539fec78edb4e084e7c532affc56cc42d4ceea4b and later · before 654ef9c33e138ede6734ac286282df9faf83cd11affected · git
- 539fec78edb4e084e7c532affc56cc42d4ceea4b and later · before fb5cb4913ce333cc4647722e8c2b8378e12f2464affected · git
- 539fec78edb4e084e7c532affc56cc42d4ceea4b and later · before 85bb534ff12aab6916058897b39c748940a7a4c6affected · git
- before 5.17not affected · semver
- 6.6.160 and later · up to and including 6.6.*not affected · semver
- 6.12.114 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.18.33 and later · up to and including 6.18.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected range	Fix
Debian:12	linux	from 0	—
Debian:14	linux	before 7.0.10-1	7.0.10-1

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Published before and after this one in the same product

← EarlierCVE-2026-53113Jun 24, 2026 · wifi: ath11k: fix memory leaks in beacon template setup
22Monitor
← EarlierCVE-2026-53115Jun 24, 2026 · bus: fsl-mc: use generic driver_override infrastructure
31Monitor
Later →CVE-2026-53120Jun 24, 2026 · PCI: use generic driver_override infrastructure
31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / package	Fixed version	Source
Linux Linux	4005cb89139f7c9af85046b241dcf3fa2e1b3559	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	4eab1a74a498f0bf19f102f9362e9deef9307aea	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	654ef9c33e138ede6734ac286282df9faf83cd11	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	85bb534ff12aab6916058897b39c748940a7a4c6	Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux	fb5cb4913ce333cc4647722e8c2b8378e12f2464	Vendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.152.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0	Release Notes	Microsoft (MSRC)
azl3 kernel 6.6.157.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0	Release Notes	Microsoft (MSRC)
debian:linux	7.0.10-1 · Debian:14	Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)

Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.

TR-26-0440 · Jun 25, 2026(Linux Kernel Güvenlik Bildirimi)

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Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Local
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-416 · Use After Free

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd-primary

Root cause

After a memory region is freed, another reference pointing to it is still used. By then, the same region may have been allocated for different data.

The bug in code

The whole CWE-416 class

A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

Vulnerable

1free(dev->buf);
2/* ... another thread is still running ... */
3process(dev->buf);

Fixed

1lock(&dev->lock);
2free(dev->buf);
3dev->buf = NULL;
4unlock(&dev->lock);

Attack context

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Change log

Fix✗ → ✓Sep 28, 2026, 10:09 PM UTC

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References

git.kernel.org/stable/c/4005cb89139f7c9af85046b241dcf3fa2e1b3559

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