CVE-2026-43011

CRITICAL

net/x25: Fix potential double free of skb

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/x25: Fix potential double free of skb When alloc_skb fails in x25_queue_rx_frame it calls kfree_skb(skb) at line 48 and returns 1 (error). This error propagates back through the call chain: x25_queue_rx_frame returns 1 | v x25_state3_machine receives the return value 1 and takes the else branch at line 278, setting queued=0 and returning 0 | v x25_process_rx_frame returns queued=0 | v x25_backlog_rcv at line 452 sees queued=0 and calls kfree_skb(skb) again This would free the same skb twice. Looking at x25_backlog_rcv: net/x25/x25_in.c:x25_backlog_rcv() { ... queued = x25_process_rx_frame(sk, skb); ... if (!queued) kfree_skb(skb); }

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0059
EPSS Percentile 44.3%
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-415
Status published
Products (28)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.10.253linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.203linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.168linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.22linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 6.19.12linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.134linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.81linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 143d4fa68ae9efb83b0c55b12cc7f0d03732a2b1
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 3f5e3005984645bf5bd129c6b13149879580b1fb
... and 18 more
Published May 01, 2026
Tracked Since May 01, 2026