CVE-2026-53239
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xfrm: policy: fix use-after-free on inexact bin in xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx()
Fix the race by pruning the bin while still holding xfrm_policy_lock,
before dropping it. Use __xfrm_policy_inexact_prune_bin() directly since
the lock is already held. The wrapper xfrm_policy_inexact_prune_bin()
becomes unused and is removed.
Race:
CPU0 (XFRM_MSG_DELPOLICY) CPU1 (XFRM_MSG_NEWSPDINFO)
========================== ==========================
xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx():
spin_lock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock)
bin = xfrm_policy_inexact_lookup()
__xfrm_policy_unlink(pol)
spin_unlock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock)
xfrm_policy_kill(ret)
// wide window, lock not held
xfrm_hash_rebuild():
spin_lock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock)
__xfrm_policy_inexact_flush():
kfree_rcu(bin) // bin freed
spin_unlock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock)
xfrm_policy_inexact_prune_bin(bin)
// UAF: bin is freed
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Affected products (2)
| Vendor | Product | Platform | Versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | — | 6be3b0db6db82cf056a72cc18042048edd27f8ee < 8fc536e9f6856230f19c7d13e71af064b6a77b22, 6be3b0db6db82cf056a72cc18042048edd27f8ee < c4c1ea36d83bf3c4569468ca5b8b614fda1bf821, 6be3b0db6db82cf056a72cc18042048edd27f8ee < 25c8c7fb3b0b9668c7d05e209f58c158d2b020c7, 6be3b0db6db82cf056a72cc18042048edd27f8ee < 42827d03f8009a6a218bacab153e21f39d6a121c … |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.0, 0 < 5.0, 5.10.259 ≤ 5.10.*, 5.15.210 ≤ 5.15.* … |
References (8)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fc536e9f6856230f19c7d13e71af064b6a77b22
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4c1ea36d83bf3c4569468ca5b8b614fda1bf821
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25c8c7fb3b0b9668c7d05e209f58c158d2b020c7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42827d03f8009a6a218bacab153e21f39d6a121c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88697cf980222d5906a37bf47662dac0732e2a0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5316e2b8614a87d8736941972441cb47bfd4491
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec82ea4eb220164d854f8734ca5a35e23e577b94
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f2d76c9c03257c0782afef9d95321fa04096f60