A race condition was found in the Linux kernel's IP framework for transforming packets (XFRM subsystem) when multiple calls to xfrm_probe_algs occurred simultaneously. This flaw could allow a local attacker to potentially trigger an out-of-bounds write or leak kernel heap memory by performing an out-of-bounds read and copying it into a socket.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba953a9d89a00c078b85f4b190bc1dde66fe16b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba953a9d89a00c078b85f4b190bc1dde66fe16b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 7.0 · linux, fedoraproject, debianNVD modified 2026-10-14 14:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 7
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 18
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba953a9d89a00c078b85f4b190bc1dde66fe16b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F3MYP7WX4PNE6RCITVXA43CECBZT4CL6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKVA75UHKVOHNOEPCLUHTFGWCOOUBDM3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEQYVCNYUWB4CJ2YRAYNF2GGFQ7SUYC4/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/YtoWqEkKzvimzWS5%40gondor.apana.org.au/T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0004/ Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/ba953a9d89a00c078b85f4b190bc1dde66fe16b5 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/10/msg00000.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/11/msg00001.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/F3MYP7WX4PNE6RCITVXA43CECBZT4CL6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/JKVA75UHKVOHNOEPCLUHTFGWCOOUBDM3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/PEQYVCNYUWB4CJ2YRAYNF2GGFQ7SUYC4/
- https://lore.kernel.org/all/YtoWqEkKzvimzWS5%40gondor.apana.org.au/T/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230214-0004/ Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-794697.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-831302.html