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CVE-2026-98776 json

binderfs: fix UAF write in binder_add_device

published 24d ago modified 23d ago also EUVD-2026-103861

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epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
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none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

binderfs: fix UAF write in binder_add_device

binderfs_binder_device_create() publishes the new dentry with d_make_persistent() and then calls simple_done_creating(), which drops the parent directory lock and the creator's dentry reference. It then calls binder_add_device() to register the device in the global binder_devices list.

After simple_done_creating() releases the parent directory lock, a concurrent unlinkat() can remove the new device entry. Dropping the creator's dentry reference can then trigger binderfs_evict_inode(), freeing the device. binder_add_device() later accesses the freed object, causing UAF write.

Found by a modified Syzkaller:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1073 [inline] BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in binder_add_device+0xa9/0xc0 drivers/android/binder.c:7068 Write of size 8 at addr ffff88805b340c00 by task syz.1.532/11389

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11389 Comm: syz.1.532 Not tainted 7.2.0 #4 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC v2 (i440FX + PIIX, arch_caps fix, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x10e/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline] print_report+0xf7/0x600 mm/kasan/report.c:482 kasan_report+0xe4/0x120 mm/kasan/report.c:595 hlist_add_head include/linux/list.h:1073 [inline] binder_add_device+0xa9/0xc0 drivers/android/binder.c:7068 binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x724/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:196 binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f RIP: 0033:0x7ff9027a833d Code: ff c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 90 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 c7 c1 b0 ff ff ff f7 d8 64 89 01 48 RSP: 002b:00007ff903674018 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007ff902a35fa0 RCX: 00007ff9027a833d RDX: 0000200000000500 RSI: 00000000c1086201 RDI: 0000000000000004 RBP: 00007ff902850733 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: 00007ff902a36038 R14: 00007ff902a35fa0 R15: 00007ffd7166bfa0 </TASK>

Allocated by task 11389: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78 poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:398 [inline] __kasan_kmalloc+0xaa/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:415 kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:263 [inline] __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x2e4/0x6f0 mm/slub.c:5489 _kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:988 [inline] _kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1309 [inline] binderfs_binder_device_create.isra.0+0x17a/0x990 drivers/android/binderfs.c:148 binder_ctl_ioctl+0x186/0x1b0 drivers/android/binderfs.c:241 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:597 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:583 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x18e/0x210 fs/ioctl.c:583 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x116/0x800 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Freed by task 11389: kasan_save_stack+0x33/0x60 mm/kasan/common.c:57 kasan_save_track+0x14/0x30 mm/kasan/common.c:78 kasan_save_free_info+0x3b/0x60 mm/kasan/generic.c:584 poison_slab_object mm/kasan/common.c:253 [inline] __kasan_slab_free+0x5f/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:285 kasan_slab_free include/linux/kasan.h:235 [inline] slab_free_hook mm/slub.c:2677 [inline] slab_free mm/slub.c:6377 [inline] kfree+0x2fc/0x6e0 mm/slub.c:6692 binderf ---truncated---

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 7.3
  • linux Debian 14 7.2.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2026-98776

  • linux Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-43.43
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.18
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.19
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1010.11
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1018.18
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1020.21
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 26.04 LTS 7.0.0-1016.18
  • linux-aws-7.0 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 7.0.0-1017.18~24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2026-98776

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red hat product security vex CVE-2026-98776 updated cvss 4.7

kernel: kernel: Privilege escalation via binderfs use-after-free

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    affected: workaround, no fix available “Fix deferred”

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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