kernel: ipc: limit next_id allocation to the valid ID range

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The ipcidralloc function, used in the checkpoint/restore path for SysV Inter-Process Communication IPC ID allocation, does not properly limit ID allocation to the valid range. This can result in the system attempting to dereference freed memory, leading to a...

kernel: ipc: limit next_id allocation to the valid ID range

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel. The ipcidralloc function, used in the checkpoint/restore path for SysV Inter-Process Communication IPC ID allocation, does not properly limit ID allocation to the valid range. This can result in the system attempting to dereference freed memory, leading to a...

CVE-2026-52923

The CVE-2026-52923 issue affects the Linux kernel IPC ID allocation in the checkpoint/restore path. ipc_idr_alloc() forwards the next_id request to idr_alloc() with an open-ended upper bound, so if the valid SysV IPC id tail is full the allocation can spill past ipc_mni. The encoded id may then r...