CVE-2026-52974

HIGH

net: tls: fix strparser anchor skb leak on offload RX setup failure

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0051
EPSS Percentile 39.7%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (19)
linux/Kernel 6.0.0 - 6.1.175linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.33linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.10linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.141linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.91linux
Linux/Linux < 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.0
Linux/Linux 6.1.175 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.91 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.18.33 - 6.18.*
... and 9 more
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026