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UNASSESSED Received

CVE-2026-49418

When msync(MS_INVALIDATE) is called on a mapping of an unmanaged device object, the physical pages in the mapping range are marked invalid but remain in the pager's page list. A subsequent page fault will cause the fault handler to re-insert the page into the object's list. This corrupts the list, and on object destruction the page is freed twice. An unprivileged local user with access to a device that provides memory-mapped I/O can trigger a use-after-free in the kernel, though this is limited to a pool of objects ("fictitious pages") that are never recycled for a different purpose. It may be possible to exploit this to escalate privileges.

Published 19 Aug 2026, 05:17 UTC Last modified 19 Aug 2026, 05:17 UTC
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Attack vector Not assessed
Attack complexity Not assessed
Privileges required Not assessed
User interaction Not assessed
Scope Not assessed
Confidentiality Not assessed
Integrity Not assessed
Availability Not assessed
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