CVE-2026-31533

CRITICAL

Linux - Use After Free

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tls: fix use-after-free in -EBUSY error path of tls_do_encryption The -EBUSY handling in tls_do_encryption(), introduced by commit 859054147318 ("net: tls: handle backlogging of crypto requests"), has a use-after-free due to double cleanup of encrypt_pending and the scatterlist entry. When crypto_aead_encrypt() returns -EBUSY, the request is enqueued to the cryptd backlog and the async callback tls_encrypt_done() will be invoked upon completion. That callback unconditionally restores the scatterlist entry (sge->offset, sge->length) and decrements ctx->encrypt_pending. However, if tls_encrypt_async_wait() returns an error, the synchronous error path in tls_do_encryption() performs the same cleanup again, double-decrementing encrypt_pending and double-restoring the scatterlist. The double-decrement corrupts the encrypt_pending sentinel (initialized to 1), making tls_encrypt_async_wait() permanently skip the wait for pending async callbacks. A subsequent sendmsg can then free the tls_rec via bpf_exec_tx_verdict() while a cryptd callback is still pending, resulting in a use-after-free when the callback fires on the freed record. Fix this by skipping the synchronous cleanup when the -EBUSY async wait returns an error, since the callback has already handled encrypt_pending and sge restoration.

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (19)
Linux/Linux < 6.8
Linux/Linux 13eca403876bbea3716e82cdfe6f1e6febb38754 - 0e43e0a3c94044acc74b8e0927c27972eb5a59e8
Linux/Linux 3ade391adc584f17b5570fd205de3ad029090368 - 414fc5e5a5aff776c150f1b86770e0a25a35df3a
Linux/Linux 5.15.203 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.169 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.82 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.23 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.13 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.6.135 - 6.6.*
Linux/Linux 6.8
... and 9 more
Published Apr 23, 2026
Tracked Since Apr 23, 2026