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CVE-2026-64581

xfrm: fix sk_dst_cache double-free in xfrm_user_policy() PUBLISHED

Description (CNA)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: fix sk_dst_cache double-free in xfrm_user_policy() xfrm_user_policy() clears the socket dst cache with __sk_dst_reset(), i.e. the non-atomic __sk_dst_set(sk, NULL): it reads sk_dst_cache with rcu_dereference_protected(), stores NULL and dst_release()s the old dst. That is only safe if no other thread modifies sk_dst_cache concurrently. For a connected UDP socket that does not hold: the transmit fast path (udp_sendmsg -> sk_dst_check -> sk_dst_reset) resets the cache locklessly with an atomic xchg(). A per-socket policy change racing a send can make both sides observe the same old dst and each dst_release() it, dropping the socket's single reference twice and freeing the xfrm_dst bundle while it is still referenced: BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in dst_release Write of size 4 at addr ffff88801897b6c0 by task exploit/155 Call Trace: ... dst_release (... ./include/linux/rcuref.h:109) xfrm_user_policy (./include/net/sock.h:2239 ./include/net/sock.h:2256 net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c:3053) do_ip_setsockopt (net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1347) ip_setsockopt (net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c:1417) do_sock_setsockopt (net/socket.c:2368) __sys_setsockopt (net/socket.c:2393) __x64_sys_setsockopt (net/socket.c:2396) do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94) entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:121) Reachable by an unprivileged user via a user+network namespace. Use the atomic sk_dst_reset() so the cache is cleared and released with a single xchg(): whichever side wins releases the dst once, the other sees NULL and does nothing. Behaviour is otherwise unchanged.

Affected (CNA)

Vendor / productVersions
Linux / Linuxaffected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before e8686fd8d18b99f3a9038683045b2f2338a7706d; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before a9340ebdc13f8bb5063c0bc0b037ee7e640d4ae9; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before f833821e4b52ab6335d443ede5fb79c38e61d19a; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before f0ab9a71167bae308e05ab13b65e2007504a603f; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before 8dd8929b71c4f06c614f8f54c2cc070453faae16; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before 0ea8f06454012d9e7f9c6e6253df710949bf6294; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before 96b678d08268b5f5c6fc99d4289d9b7e334fc683; affected 2b06cdf3e688b98fcc9945873b5d42792bd4eee0 before c283e9ada7fcb7dd4b10592623086b2e6d2f9925; affected 72f157be2f81910ae759bfe2e5c2256fc4625645; affected 9e9fe58a92a46c6d154d2901735bf230d91b8507; affected adc1ec6cdc20d430aa01b86497220709b9149466; affected b54033eb1cfd77aba471269ddd804ed8d3e35dea; affected c9e82cb34c3c2ee895af01bc899c6ed0bc6eb04a; affected 5eef9b51114fcc65651d671add52f267f91b9451; affected 3.16.52 before 3.17; affected 4.4.163 before 4.5; affected 3.18.101 before 3.19; affected 4.1.52 before 4.2; affected 4.4.123 before 4.5; affected 4.9.89 before 4.10
Linux / Linuxaffected 4.14; unaffected 0 before 4.14; unaffected 5.10.267 through 5.10.*; unaffected 5.15.218 through 5.15.*; unaffected 6.1.185 through 6.1.*; unaffected 6.6.154 through 6.6.*; unaffected 6.12.106 through 6.12.*; unaffected 6.18.47 through 6.18.*; unaffected 7.1.6 through 7.1.*; unaffected 7.2 through *

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