CVE-2026-52981

HIGH

neigh: let neigh_xmit take skb ownership

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: neigh: let neigh_xmit take skb ownership neigh_xmit always releases the skb, except when no neighbour table is found. But even the first added user of neigh_xmit (mpls) relied on neigh_xmit to release the skb (or queue it for tx). sashiko reported: If neigh_xmit() is called with an uninitialized neighbor table (for example, NEIGH_ND_TABLE when IPv6 is disabled), it returns -EAFNOSUPPORT and bypasses its internal out_kfree_skb error path. Because the return value of neigh_xmit() is ignored here, does this leak the SKB? Assume full ownership and remove the last code path that doesn't xmit or free skb.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0054
EPSS Percentile 41.6%
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 4.1.0 - 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 < 4.1
Linux/Linux 4.1
Linux/Linux 4fd3d7d9e868ffbdb0e7a67c5c8e9dfdcd846a62 - 0084712e0bee204b284510cdb63182fd5a30c2b7
Linux/Linux 4fd3d7d9e868ffbdb0e7a67c5c8e9dfdcd846a62 - 4438113be604ee67a7bf4f81da6e1cca41332ce4
Linux/Linux 4fd3d7d9e868ffbdb0e7a67c5c8e9dfdcd846a62 - 445e45a2c3a078316a62d2d331a570cf34ef5079
... and 9 more
Published Jun 24, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 24, 2026