CVE-2026-80849 (GCVE-0-2026-80849)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-09-04 15:54 – Updated: 2026-10-19 08:44
VLAI
Title
net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of current_key on reconnect to another peer
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of current_key on reconnect to another peer tcp_inbound_ao_hash() is called before bh_lock_sock_nested() is taken, with only rcu_read_lock() held. On the fast path for established sockets, if the rnext_keyid sent by the peer differs from current_key->sndid, the key the peer asked for is looked up and stored in current_key. The lookup is inside the RCU read side, but current_key outlives it. When the socket is disconnected and connect() is called again for another peer, tcp_ao_connect_init() unlinks every key that does not match the new peer and frees it with call_rcu(). If current_key points at such a key, it is cleared to NULL. The fast path reads sk_state only once on entry, so a softirq that got into it while the socket was still established can update current_key after that loop has already run. The update is inside the RCU read side, so it comes before the call_rcu() callback, and once the callback frees the key, current_key is left pointing at freed memory. The next transmission picks that pointer up in tcp_get_current_key(). tcp_ao_transmit_skb() then reads the traffic key from the freed object, which is the use-after-free. Wait for one grace period before unlinking, and only if a key is going to be removed. By the time tcp_connect() runs the socket is already in TCP_SYN_SENT, and TCP_AO_ESTABLISHED does not contain TCPF_SYN_SENT, so a softirq entering after the wait cannot reach the fast path, and the ones already in it have finished. The existing NULL handling in the loop is then enough.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
Linux CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 6641 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < 84a93b4e012587d0a4a84ffb23ec6da18e9d85f9 (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < 73fde8fe4469f4ed8f0afcc0b9d6413002a9e6b3 (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < e54ad693eddb40c595add013f545354c538e325b (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < 2857dcbd03cf3354af0fba1b65c6a260fb43811a (git)
Affected: 0a3a809089eb1d4a0a2fd0c16b520d603988c859 , < da4471557f279d0f56605158a625bb6e49ef7d41 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.108 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.49 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.13 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2.3 , ≤ 7.2.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.3 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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