CVE-2026-43481

HIGH

net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net-shapers: don't free reply skb after genlmsg_reply() genlmsg_reply() hands the reply skb to netlink, and netlink_unicast() consumes it on all return paths, whether the skb is queued successfully or freed on an error path. net_shaper_nl_get_doit() and net_shaper_nl_cap_get_doit() currently jump to free_msg after genlmsg_reply() fails and call nlmsg_free(msg), which can hit the same skb twice. Return the genlmsg_reply() error directly and keep free_msg only for pre-reply failures.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (8)
Linux/Linux < 6.13
Linux/Linux 4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb - 57885276cc16a2e2b76282c808a4e84cbecb3aae
Linux/Linux 4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb - 83f7b54242d0abbfce35a55c01322f50962ed3ee
Linux/Linux 4b623f9f0f59652ea71fcb27d60b4c3b65126dbb - 8738dcc844fff7d0157ee775230e95df3b1884d7
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux 6.18.19 - 6.18.*
Linux/Linux 6.19.9 - 6.19.*
Linux/Linux 7.0
Published May 13, 2026
Tracked Since May 13, 2026