UNKNOWN NVD
CVE-2026-80928
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smack: fix cred UAF in smack_file_send_sigiotask() When inspecting the credentials of anot
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smack: fix cred UAF in smack_file_send_sigiotask()
When inspecting the credentials of another task, objective credentials
(->real_cred, accessed with __task_cred()) must always be used.
Accessing ->cred on a non-current task is forbidden unless that task is
being created or destroyed; a task is allowed to change its own ->cred
pointer with no synchronization, and changing ->cred should only affect the
current syscall.
smack_file_send_sigiotask() was accessing both sets of credentials: First
tsk->cred, then __task_cred(tsk).
Fix it, always access the objective credentials here.
I have tested that this bug can lead to a KASAN-reported UAF of struct cred
in smack_file_send_sigiotask(), and that this fix prevents the race.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5bcf3adfa27279da4401ab8f1e1a706601a92be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b791401bf389a1546a830d2b381ca60fe94c7870
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed64aa505875a3b4defd504ee8e59e1949246a62
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fedc88e38ce979a720cd2de042578cb5df3dc8de
This unknown severity vulnerability was published on 2026-09-11 via NVD.
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