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CVE

CVE-2026-72463

xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption
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CVE

CVE-2026-72463

xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption

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

xfrm: Fix dev use-after-free in xfrm async resumption

xfrm async resumption hold skb->dev refcnt until after transport_finish.

However, xfrmrcvcb may modify skb->dev to tunnel dev without taking

device reference, such as vtircvcb. The subsequent async resumption

will decrement the tunnel device's reference count, which lead to uaf

of tunnel dev and refcnt leak of orig dev as below:

unregister_netdevice: waiting for vti1 to become free. Usage count = -2

Stash the original skb->dev to fix refcnt imbalance. The new skb->dev set

by xfrmrcvcb can race with device teardown. Extend rcu protection over

xfrmrcvcb and transport_finish to prevent races.

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CVSS Version

Severity
Base Score
CVSS Version
Score Vector
C
H
U
9.8
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
0
-
3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
C
H
U
-

Related Resources

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References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/63a30015199912bd5055bead8001b1ae68a67cdb, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8045c0df98d4f14c54e5cb875f1c9c0ce89fe4ff, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/72xxx/CVE-2026-72463.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-72463, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Severity

9.8

CVSS Score
0
10

Basic Information

Base CVSS
9.8
EPSS Probability
0.0038%
EPSS Percentile
0.30819%
Introduced Version
1c428b03840094410c5fb6a5db30640486bbbfcb,0,6.12.94,6.18.23,6.19.13,7.0.0
Fix Available
8045c0df98d4f14c54e5cb875f1c9c0ce89fe4ff,6.13,6.19,6.20,7.1.5

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