fou: Fix use-after-free in fou_create() (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.13 % · percentile 2 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fou: Fix use-after-free in fou_create() fou_create() publishes struct fou through sk_user_data before adding the new FOU port to the per-netns list. If fou_add_to_port_list() fails, the error path frees fou while it is still reachable through sk_user_data. A concurrent receive can then dereference the freed object in fou_from_sock(). This ordering issue was previously noted in the linked discussion. The failure is reachable when local port 0 is requested. Each socket binds to a different ephemeral port, but fou_cfg_cmp() compares the requested port 0 and reports -EALREADY once an entry already exists. Release the tunnel socket before freeing fou so sk_user_data is cleared first, and defer reclamation with kfree_rcu() to protect concurrent RCU readers. This matches the lifetime handling in fou_release().
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ee628a58d83e571f36ec9f07624d6845e420c50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6fca682cfa2041e31aa72cc397c4a1406eb7468
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3f9c3e60aa25453774f899d25b5e61dd0bec1d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99f4d3120b244f92e5df787152041296a2860cb5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58835985c035a8333742f829ad7e0889a082f9d3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9042867d4701728f0c6527215b11471759904d8f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a28d8903bfe76089ea4bbdbff9976965f9ef8107
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b14361aca6350ff7907b0e9903c7b94dc7d5d4a0
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-59689
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-74496
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1385 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1375 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1289 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1288 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1255 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1253 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1231 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1202 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1164 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 < 0ee628a58d83e571f36ec9f07624d6845e420c50 ; affected 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 < a6fca682cfa2041e31aa72cc397c4a1406eb7468 ; affected 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 < b3f9c3e60aa25453774f899d25b5e61dd0bec1d5 ; affected 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 < 99f4d3120b244f92e5df787152041296a2860cb5 ; affected 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 < 58835985c035a8333742f829ad7e0889a082f9d3 ; affected 23461551c00628c3f3fe9cf837bf53cf8f212b63 < 9042867d4701728f0c6527215b11471759904d8f |
| Linux · Linux | affected 3.18 ; unaffected 0 < 3.18 ; unaffected 5.10.271 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.222 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.189 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.158 ≤ 6.6.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |