CVE-2026-31474
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: isotp: fix tx.buf use-after-free in isotp_sendmsg()
isotp_sendmsg() uses only cmpxchg() on so->tx.state to serialize access to so->tx.buf. isotp_release() waits for ISOTP_IDLE via wait_event_interruptible() and then calls kfree(so->tx.buf).
If a signal interrupts the wait_event_interruptible() inside close() while tx.state is ISOTP_SENDING, the loop exits early and release proceeds to force ISOTP_SHUTDOWN and continues to kfree(so->tx.buf) while sendmsg may still be reading so->tx.buf for the final CAN frame in isotp_fill_dataframe().
The so->tx.buf can be allocated once when the standard tx.buf length needs to be extended. Move the kfree() of this potentially extended tx.buf to sk_destruct time when either isotp_sendmsg() and isotp_release() are done.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 96d1c81e6a0478535342dff6c730adb076cd84e8 < cb3d6efa78460e6d50bf68806d0db66265709f64 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 96d1c81e6a0478535342dff6c730adb076cd84e8 < 9649d051e54413049c009638ec1dc23962c884a4 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 96d1c81e6a0478535342dff6c730adb076cd84e8 < eec8a1b18a79600bd4419079dc0026c1db72a830 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 96d1c81e6a0478535342dff6c730adb076cd84e8 < 2e62e7051eca75a7f2e3d52d62ec10d7d7aa358c | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 96d1c81e6a0478535342dff6c730adb076cd84e8 < 424e95d62110cdbc8fd12b40918f37e408e35a92 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.4 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 0 < 6.4 | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.6.131 <= 6.6.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.12.80 <= 6.12.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.18.21 <= 6.18.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.19.11 <= 6.19.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 7.0 <= * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
ADP Enrichment
kernel: can: isotp: fix tx.buf use-after-free in isotp_sendmsg()
Additional References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2026-31474
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2460646
- https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2026/cve-2026-31474.json
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27731
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27288
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:27789
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb3d6efa78460e6d50bf68806d0db66265709f64
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9649d051e54413049c009638ec1dc23962c884a4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eec8a1b18a79600bd4419079dc0026c1db72a830
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e62e7051eca75a7f2e3d52d62ec10d7d7aa358c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/424e95d62110cdbc8fd12b40918f37e408e35a92
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