CVE-2026-80848
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: espintcp: fix UAF during close
ZDI reported and analyzed a race condition during close for espintcp sockets:
espintcp_close() frees emsg->skb via kfree_skb() without holding
any socket lock. Concurrently, the xfrm_trans_reinject work queue
invokes esp_output_tcp_finish() -> espintcp_push_skb() ->
espintcp_push_msgs() -> skb_send_sock_locked(), which reads the
same skb as a data source.
Fix this by adding a synchronize_rcu() call after resetting sk_prot, since esp_output_tcp_finish() runs under RCU and won't use a socket with sk_prot == &tcp_prot. Simply taking the socket lock in espintcp_close() could lead to leaks, if esp_output_tcp_finish() re-adds an skb in the slot we just freed. After this, the existing barrier() is no longer needed.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 29121c5e6591da527e8e36ddac7120dc527f574d | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < ed5d9102190c45fc70121c036b0626b740040b75 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 4bc0dfa28dca6fc0084203732695968049c44072 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < ff8dd7a932f34409a56e1b91a1219340f17457e9 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 4b31a875693c480c611519faca46216514e3e052 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 24efebecf415ba264adba0f0491cec436463a14f | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < eb3bbf29c723fe75c0eb92be14f0ec92971fe272 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < 54b41ad14da9a981131ab6e4d3f79321a503ea5d | affected |
| Linux | Linux | e27cca96cd68fa2c6814c90f9a1cfd36bb68c593 < deb232e884877bf10b4ce2580909eedec986c284 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 5.6 | affected |
| Linux | Linux | 0 < 5.6 | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 5.10.269 <= 5.10.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 5.15.220 <= 5.15.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.1.187 <= 6.1.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.6.156 <= 6.6.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.12.108 <= 6.12.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 6.18.49 <= 6.18.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 7.1.13 <= 7.1.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 7.2.3 <= 7.2.* | unaffected |
| Linux | Linux | 7.3-rc1 <= * | unaffected |
Weaknesses
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/29121c5e6591da527e8e36ddac7120dc527f574d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed5d9102190c45fc70121c036b0626b740040b75
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc0dfa28dca6fc0084203732695968049c44072
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff8dd7a932f34409a56e1b91a1219340f17457e9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b31a875693c480c611519faca46216514e3e052
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24efebecf415ba264adba0f0491cec436463a14f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb3bbf29c723fe75c0eb92be14f0ec92971fe272
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54b41ad14da9a981131ab6e4d3f79321a503ea5d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb232e884877bf10b4ce2580909eedec986c284
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