CVE-2026-53294
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mailbox: mailbox-test: don't free the reused channel
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mailbox: mailbox-test: don't free the reused channel The RX channel can be aliased to the TX channel if it has a different MMIO. This special case needs to be handled when freeing the channels otherwise a double-free occurs.
Exploit probability
0.1%
Published
June 26, 2026
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2026-53294
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mailbox: mailbox-test: don't free the reused channel The RX channel can be aliased to the TX channel if it has a different MMIO. This special case needs to be handled when freeing the channels otherwise a double-free occurs.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/240c71a2aea36a1a4210f911a1c32ea88777e8e4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3afca89fae501dbd7421e1777b5b8f033b1d98d0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c209299b0113e289e238fa5f2e8f00c59f76060
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d4f3d0f64f1016cb78b400a70b67df91fac99b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82f6dcea46cf5de65c4ba7283f7c7b34de4a324d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88ebadbf0deefdaccdab868b44ff70a0a257f473
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c494a11da45ad7ec9b0ff216c3e3ace351193bb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc0089f82c3e36060c2c79156bc2018bfb16b56b
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/53xxx/CVE-2026-53294.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-53294