# x86/mm/pat: Acquire init_mm read lock on attribute changes to avoid UAF

CVE record · `CVE-2026-97533`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-97533`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** No CVSS score
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 25 Sept 2026
- **Updated:** 19 Oct 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 25 Sept 2026, 10:21 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `41d88484c71cd4f659348da41b7b5b3dbd3be1f6 to before e21a9ea81426a85fdb0cdcfcc99d5d9c16b402ab` (git)
  - affected: `41d88484c71cd4f659348da41b7b5b3dbd3be1f6 to before cc73b2043d106b467accd38e9b1fc09e0607c056` (git)
  - affected: `41d88484c71cd4f659348da41b7b5b3dbd3be1f6 to before d5d8b8662e6e5a565b47a0388640e88402f23274` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `6.15`
  - unaffected: `before 6.15` (semver)
  - unaffected: `6.18.53 to 6.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.2.7 to 7.2.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `7.3 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

No source has published a CVSS score for this record yet.

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0022, the 12th percentile, on 12 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 25 Sept 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-97533](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-97533)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-97533](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-97533)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e21a9ea81426a85fdb0cdcfcc99d5d9c16b402ab>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc73b2043d106b467accd38e9b1fc09e0607c056>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d8b8662e6e5a565b47a0388640e88402f23274>

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