CVE-2026-98370

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

xfrm: fix compat ALLOCSPI request use-after-free

xfrm_state_netlink() builds the ALLOCSPI response with dump_one_state(), which already calls alloc_compat() with the response skb and header.

xfrm_alloc_userspi() then calls alloc_compat() again, but passes the original request skb and its header. For a compat request, the translator therefore interprets the 228-byte compat xfrm_userspi_info as the 232-byte native layout and reads four bytes past the declared payload. It also publishes the translated child through the request's frag_list.

A multicast clone of the request shares skb_shared_info and can observe that child. xfrm_user_rcv_msg() frees it after the request handler returns, racing a compat receiver which may still be copying from it and resulting in a use-after-free.

Remove the redundant conversion. The response keeps its correct compat translation from dump_one_state(), and no child is attached to the inbound request.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/494f2bee9d8d0ebcfa249ac41bed7fed26d119b4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17893987e52918c23945c42e47e894a936305a25
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42971ea17c7a8afc0bdd5ca40648bf4e5bb7b810
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b63341e2ebc9b6f73cbd9214dbe7d46dd98c718
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb63ab52a18273ec68340ac49aebbaa7b514ccd5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/248433942155b42a0ef04a5806c8aca024ea7c33
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e70f639aee2ff0def155c256cace9e0f81d998e2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1ebd9081879fd9ae9c8fb7e8928f19cc88ae320

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