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CVE-2026-98775

nitro_enclaves: fix use-after-free on SLOT_ALLOC failure

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affected

9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before 718965a5fcea47f7ec6accff55306317aadc3af3

git versions

9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before dac89ed976d9826eae4703281d0d51b062b58eef

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9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before 8024c50b8763add7912b6d9830327ba73f994204

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9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before 8bde6f643ab6fe5e3e3f4c312f84ce327ecf39b2

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9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before 466041d14f26dc2babd606a2e85dce08774112a6

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9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before 43f78b328f3907ca2f7424e15b7e45ffbf9fe21c

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9c8eb50fe9e2bb8a2e725979e052fbf592b6b799 → before 9bc184a2eda8b773c88ecbff934001ad649b9cc1

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5.10.273 → through 5.10.*

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5.15.224 → through 5.15.*

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6.1.191 → through 6.1.*

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

nitro_enclaves: fix use-after-free on SLOT_ALLOC failure

When ne_create_vm_ioctl() fails the SLOT_ALLOC request after anon_inode_getfile() has succeeded, the error path calls fput(enclave_file) and then frees ne_enclave.

In normal userspace context, fput() defers the final __fput() via task_work. ne_enclave_release() therefore runs after ne_enclave has already been freed and dereferences ne_enclave->slot_uid, causing a use-after-free: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in ne_enclave_release.

The enclave has no slot allocated and is not yet linked into the enclaves list on this error path, so ne_enclave_release() is expected to return early when slot_uid is zero. However, reading slot_uid already accesses the freed object.

Clear enclave_file->private_data before fput() on the error path. ne_enclave_release() then returns immediately when private_data is NULL, leaving the ioctl error path as the sole owner of ne_enclave. This is safe because the file has not been fd_install()'d yet.

Tested on an AWS EC2 m5.2xlarge with CONFIG_KASAN=y. Without the patch, the reproducer triggers a KASAN slab-use-after-free on every SLOT_ALLOC failure. With the patch, no KASAN report is produced and the SLOT_ALLOC error is still returned. Normal enclave creation and teardown are unaffected.

References

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git.kernel.org/stable/c/718965a5fcea47f7ec6accff55306317aadc3af3
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/dac89ed976d9826eae4703281d0d51b062b58eef
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/8024c50b8763add7912b6d9830327ba73f994204
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bde6f643ab6fe5e3e3f4c312f84ce327ecf39b2
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/466041d14f26dc2babd606a2e85dce08774112a6
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7fb6c2835ede1b8ad84cf7e78a528a9d0159b84
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/43f78b328f3907ca2f7424e15b7e45ffbf9fe21c
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git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bc184a2eda8b773c88ecbff934001ad649b9cc1
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Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 5.10.273

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 5.15.224

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 6.1.191

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 6.6.160

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 6.12.113

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 6.18.56

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 7.2.10

Vulnerable product

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

From (inclusive): 5.10

Before: 7.3

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