CVE-2026-52974
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure
When tls_set_device_offload_rx() fails at tls_dev_add(), the error path
calls tls_sw_free_resources_rx() to clean up the SW context that was
initialized by tls_set_sw_offload(). This function calls
tls_sw_release_resources_rx() (which stops the strparser via
tls_strp_stop()) and tls_sw_free_ctx_rx() (which kfrees the context),
but never frees the anchor skb that was allocated by alloc_skb(0) in
tls_strp_init().
Note that tls_sw_free_resources_rx() is exclusively used for this
"failed to start offload" code path, there's no other caller.
The leak did not exist before commit 84c61fe1a75b ("tls: rx: do not use
the standard strparser"), because the standard strparser doesn't try
to pre-allocate an skb.
The normal close path in tls_sk_proto_close() handles cleanup by calling
tls_sw_strparser_done() (which calls tls_strp_done()) after dropping
the socket lock, because tls_strp_done() does cancel_work_sync() and
the strparser work handler takes the socket lock.
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 < 0c9f399b37ce22a5ed94cc51f03ed07ac7f38e32, 84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 < 688f12aa44511dd57e448eb670075c6302ad1dc1, 84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 < 3c405dfa9619e506e75b8e41f8b29a5b99731877, 84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 < 9c54e76f8d6eb11735918777ef0e0509e089557d … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.0, 0 < 6.0, 6.1.175 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.141 ≤ 6.6.* … |
References (6)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c9f399b37ce22a5ed94cc51f03ed07ac7f38e32
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/688f12aa44511dd57e448eb670075c6302ad1dc1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c405dfa9619e506e75b8e41f8b29a5b99731877
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c54e76f8d6eb11735918777ef0e0509e089557d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd07fe6c38b9e44ff3fc02692a53f095c5cc9afc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58689498ca3384851145a754dbb1d8ed1cf9fb54