CVE-2026-53210: Linux kernel · tee: shm: fix shm leak in register_shm_helper()
Source GCVE Database
Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium.
Data as of 26 Oct 2026, 14:05 UTC
- EPSS
- 0.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 1% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitation evidence
Disclosed: evidence found.
CVE published 25 Jun 2026
Detectable: no evidence on record.
No public nuclei template indexed
Weaponised: no evidence on record.
No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB
Exploited in the wildExploited: no evidence on record.
Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation
Observed by OffSeq MirageSeen by Mirage: no evidence on record.
No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors
A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 26 Oct 2026.
What to do
AI-suggested
Avoid sending zero-length shared memory registration requests to the TEE subsystem as a temporary mitigation if feasible.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tee: shm: fix shm leak in register_shm_helper() register_shm_helper() allocates shm before calling iov_iter_npages(). If iov_iter_npages() returns 0, the function jumps to err_ctx_put and leaks shm. This can be triggered by TEE_IOC_SHM_REGISTER with struct tee_ioctl_shm_register_data where length is 0. Jump to err_free_shm instead.
References
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53210 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/26682f5efc276e3ad96d102019472bfbf03833b2 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4277759906b44d923a38c8f59f5576501b187b0d (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c10c9c48b2903f41ed4c532043b0576e86228236 (opens in a new tab)
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbf779db927414f5b37c1f666013e9b48a88cfde (opens in a new tab)