CVE-2026-53239

HIGH

xfrm: policy: fix use-after-free on inexact bin in xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx()

Title source: cna
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: policy: fix use-after-free on inexact bin in xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx() Fix the race by pruning the bin while still holding xfrm_policy_lock, before dropping it. Use __xfrm_policy_inexact_prune_bin() directly since the lock is already held. The wrapper xfrm_policy_inexact_prune_bin() becomes unused and is removed. Race: CPU0 (XFRM_MSG_DELPOLICY) CPU1 (XFRM_MSG_NEWSPDINFO) ========================== ========================== xfrm_policy_bysel_ctx(): spin_lock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock) bin = xfrm_policy_inexact_lookup() __xfrm_policy_unlink(pol) spin_unlock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock) xfrm_policy_kill(ret) // wide window, lock not held xfrm_hash_rebuild(): spin_lock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock) __xfrm_policy_inexact_flush(): kfree_rcu(bin) // bin freed spin_unlock_bh(xfrm_policy_lock) xfrm_policy_inexact_prune_bin(bin) // UAF: bin is freed

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0014
EPSS Percentile 3.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (27)
linux/Kernel 5.0.0 - 5.10.259linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.210linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.176linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.18.36linux
linux/Kernel 6.19.0 - 7.0.13linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.143linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.94linux
Linux/Linux < 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.10.259 - 5.10.*
... and 17 more
Published Jun 25, 2026
Tracked Since Jun 25, 2026