CVE-2026-45837
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf: Fix use-after-free in arena_vm_close on fork
arena_vm_open() only bumps vml->mmap_count but never registers the
child VMA in arena->vma_list. The vml->vma always points at the
parent VMA, so after parent munmap the pointer dangles. If the child
then calls bpf_arena_free_pages(), zap_pages() reads the stale
vml->vma triggering use-after-free.
Fix this by preventing the arena VMA from being inherited across
fork with VM_DONTCOPY, and preventing VMA splits via the may_split
callback.
Also reject mremap with a .mremap callback returning -EINVAL. A
same-size mremap(MREMAP_FIXED) on the full arena VMA reaches
copy_vma() through the following path:
check_prep_vma() - returns 0 early: new_len == old_len
skips VM_DONTEXPAND check
prep_move_vma() - vm_start == old_addr and
vm_end == old_addr + old_len
so may_split is never called
move_vma()
copy_vma_and_data()
copy_vma()
vm_area_dup() - copies vm_private_data (vml pointer)
vm_ops->open() - bumps vml->mmap_count
vm_ops->mremap() - returns -EINVAL, rollback unmaps new VMA
The refcount ensures the rollback's arena_vm_close does not free
the vml shared with the original VMA.