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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-53401"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-07-19T12:02:01.209Z"
updatedAt: "2026-10-21T12:42:35.976Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:20.586Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53401"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-53401.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-53401"
title: "fbdev: omap2: fix use-after-free in omapfb_mmap"
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: omap2: fix use-after-free in omapfb_mmap\n\nomapfb_mmap() has a race condition with OMAPFB_SETUP_PLANE ioctl that\ncan lead to use-after-free:\n\nThe fb_mmap() entry point holds mm_lock but not lock (fb_info-\u003elock),\nwhile ioctl handlers like OMAPFB_SETUP_PLANE hold lock but not mm_lock.\nThis allows concurrent execution.\n\nIn omapfb_mmap():\n1. rg = omapfb_get_mem_region(ofbi-\u003eregion);      // Get old region ref\n2. start = omapfb_get_region_paddr(ofbi);          // Read from NEW region\n3. len = fix-\u003esmem_len;                             // Read from NEW region\n4. vm_iomap_memory(vma, start, len);               // Map NEW region memory\n5. atomic_inc(&rg-\u003emap_count);                      // Increment OLD region!\n\nConcurrently, OMAPFB_SETUP_PLANE can:\n- Reassign ofbi-\u003eregion = new_rg\n- Update fix-\u003esmem_len\n- OMAPFB_SETUP_MEM then checks NEW region's map_count (0!) and frees it\n\nThis leaves userspace with a mapping to freed physical memory.\n\nThe fix is to read all required values (start, len) from the same\nregion reference (rg) that will have its map_count incremented,\npreventing the region from being freed while still mapped."
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