Local privilege escalation via swap teardown race
Published May 1, 2024 · Updated Aug 5, 2026
A use-after-free race in Linux kernel swap management allows local users to gain kernel privileges during concurrent swapoff. free_swap_and_cache() can continue into swap_page_trans_huge_swapped() after swapoff tears down swap_info_struct, dereferencing freed swap_map memory. An unprivileged process can drive one side through munmap, madvise, exit, or tmpfs operations, but the other side requires administrator-initiated swapoff and a sub-microsecond timing window.
Summary
What happened
A use-after-free race in Linux kernel swap management allows local users to gain kernel privileges during concurrent swapoff. free_swap_and_cache() can continue into swap_page_trans_huge_swapped() after swapoff tears down swap_info_struct, dereferencing freed swap_map memory. An unprivileged process can drive one side through munmap, madvise, exit, or tmpfs operations, but the other side requires administrator-initiated swapoff and a sub-microsecond timing window.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-26960
- Published
- May 1, 2024
- Updated
- Aug 5, 2026
- Vendor
- Siemens
- Product
- SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem
- Classifications
- CWE-362, T1068
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- May 1, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 5, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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