High 8.4Published Jul 19, 2026

CVE-2026-63952memfd: deny writeable mappings when implying SEAL_WRITE

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 28, 2026, 3:40 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: 8.4 HIGH (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-362
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Analyzed
Record last updated: Oct 19, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 before b3f4f82d1315f1439059a83d1c22c51a5b43d99e; from c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 before 3be2a24f7f72ad7321ed6ad1715b956a4527bcf4; from c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 before 0995d1f79aed8ccbf62056189dd53fd19726ea08; from c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 before 555702282d4536a865dfffb1cd4f6028f196e7e8; from c4f75bc8bd6b3d62665e1f5400c419540edb5601 before 3b041514cb6eae45869b020f743c14d983363222	CNA record
linux linux_kernel linux:linux_kernel	from 6.3 before 6.6.143; from 6.7 before 6.12.93; from 6.13 before 6.18.35; from 6.19 before 7.0.12; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; 7.1; and 1 more ranges	NVD

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f4f82d1315f1439059a83d1c22c51a5b43d99e	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3be2a24f7f72ad7321ed6ad1715b956a4527bcf4	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0995d1f79aed8ccbf62056189dd53fd19726ea08	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/555702282d4536a865dfffb1cd4f6028f196e7e8	patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b041514cb6eae45869b020f743c14d983363222	patch

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