CVE-2026-72463
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.
Package Versions Affected
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Related Resources
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