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CVE-2026-72463

9.8 critical Published

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, xfrm_rcv_cb may modify skb->dev to tunnel dev without taking device reference, such as vti_rcv_cb. 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 xfrm_rcv_cb can race with device teardown. Extend rcu protection over xfrm_rcv_cb and transport_finish to prevent races.

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Vendor advisories in the News 1

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Change history 3

  1. StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:44
  2. StatusPublished → ReceivedNVD modified 2026-10-21 13:19
  3. First seenCVSS 9.8 · linuxNVD modified 2026-10-21 12:44

Affected (CPE criteria) 0

NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.

References 4