net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-43374
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.16 % · percentile 5 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: nexthop: fix percpu use-after-free in remove_nh_grp_entry When removing a nexthop from a group, remove_nh_grp_entry() publishes the new group via rcu_assign_pointer() then immediately frees the removed entry's percpu stats with free_percpu(). However, the synchronize_net() grace period in the caller remove_nexthop_from_groups() runs after the free. RCU readers that entered before the publish still see the old group and can dereference the freed stats via nh_grp_entry_stats_inc() -> get_cpu_ptr(nhge->stats), causing a use-after-free on percpu memory. Fix by deferring the free_percpu() until after synchronize_net() in the caller. Removed entries are chained via nh_list onto a local deferred free list. After the grace period completes and all RCU readers have finished, the percpu stats are safely freed.

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HNVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f < abf4feaee6405f1441929c6ebe7a250f2cd170a7 ; affected f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f < ab5ebab9664214ba41a7633cb4e72f128204f924 ; affected f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f < 9e08ad731862b22a87cc55f752e16d66cdc9e231 ; affected f4676ea74b8549cd88dbfe2a592ce4530039e61f < b2662e7593e94ae09b1cf7ee5f09160a3612bcb2
Linux · Linuxaffected 6.9 ; unaffected 0 < 6.9 ; unaffected 6.12.78 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.19 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 6.19.9 ≤ 6.19.* ; unaffected 7.0 ≤ *

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD