net/x25: fix use-after-free of the socket by its timers (Linux Linux)
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.50 % · percentile 43 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Received
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/x25: fix use-after-free of the socket by its timers The x25 timers are armed with mod_timer() and cancelled with timer_delete(), so a pending timer holds no reference on the socket and a cancel does not wait for a callback already running on another CPU. x25_heartbeat_expiry() also rearms unconditionally, so it can reinstall sk->sk_timer after __x25_destroy_socket() has passed its cancel point. The following __sock_put() frees the socket while the timer is still queued, and the next expiry uses freed memory. KASAN reports a slab-use-after-free on the kmalloc-2k object freed by close(). timer_delete_sync() cannot be used here: x25_heartbeat_expiry() and x25_timer_expiry() both reach the cancels from inside the timer they would wait on, through __x25_destroy_socket() and x25_disconnect(). Arm the timers with sk_reset_timer() and cancel them with sk_stop_timer() so that an armed timer owns a reference, and release it in both expiry handlers. Rearm the heartbeat only while sk_hashed(sk) is still true, since __x25_destroy_socket() unlinks the socket before dropping it. Arm the deferred destroy timer the same way and drop its reference in x25_destroy_timer(). Reproduced on net with KASAN, with the heartbeat period shortened so the window recurs. With this patch the reproducer no longer triggers a report and /proc/net/x25 drains. Discovered by XBOW, triaged by Baul Lee <baul.lee@xbow.com>
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba925a2e98ce967a0e71c5bcbcf5dbd3facaf0c8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b79659590f0f82a9b8efd2ffd55ec6399ebfc33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdd9ac50b9b61ef2b2d52c5156aff788be91454d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fc9f6d2c7c9fdb341bfe8ca449c990632299ea6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4919be5d910db4beebca420953858606fba7d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc522b33438fefc3272840ae5988771863a4f1f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e92c7e2b41d1528a830bc64c5e4e46dfa8133dda
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2195424c3da2ef1829a63b807e3a900a90e57d85
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL 9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2026-64565
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2026-74628
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1372 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1286 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1232 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1163 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1090 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < ba925a2e98ce967a0e71c5bcbcf5dbd3facaf0c8 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 6b79659590f0f82a9b8efd2ffd55ec6399ebfc33 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < fdd9ac50b9b61ef2b2d52c5156aff788be91454d ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 1fc9f6d2c7c9fdb341bfe8ca449c990632299ea6 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 3c4919be5d910db4beebca420953858606fba7d8 ; affected 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 4bc522b33438fefc3272840ae5988771863a4f1f |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.12 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.12 ; unaffected 5.10.267 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.217 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.184 ≤ 6.1.* ; unaffected 6.6.153 ≤ 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 |