xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets (Linux Linux)

CVE-2026-98229
HIGH 7.8

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.17 % · percentile 6 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Received

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xfrm: save input state data before secpath resets xfrm_input() stores the current xfrm_state in the skb secpath while it continues receive-side processing. Some input paths can reset that secpath before xfrm_input() has finished dereferencing the state. Receive callback users such as VTI and XFRM interfaces can reset the secpath. The VTI receive path does so before checking whether the packet crosses network namespaces, while the XFRM interface path does so only for cross-network-namespace packets. The XFRM_MAX_DEPTH error path can also reset the secpath before the final drop callback reports the current state's protocol. If secpath_reset() drops the last state reference while the state is concurrently deleted, xfrm_input() can still dereference the freed state when selecting transport_finish() or reporting the drop callback protocol. Save the state protocol on the stack while the state is still valid, and use the already saved address family for transport_finish(). A larval XFRM_STATE_ACQ state has no type, so retain nexthdr as its protocol. This preserves the existing drop-path fallback while avoiding the post-reset state dereferences without adding an extra state reference to every received packet.

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 products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected df3893c176e9b0bb39b28ab5ec8113fa20ad1ee0 < 35de97850987b3d022ed17df5b2577242e746daf ; affected df3893c176e9b0bb39b28ab5ec8113fa20ad1ee0 < 148db154066b066616b82c12d373e786eba1f96a ; affected df3893c176e9b0bb39b28ab5ec8113fa20ad1ee0 < 537a5ae18b2be70f8eb0aca843682e81a69aab91 ; affected df3893c176e9b0bb39b28ab5ec8113fa20ad1ee0 < 3cf5cdecd99c9c186a5ea518d93bbf3045b6e3aa
Linux · Linuxaffected 3.15 ; unaffected 0 < 3.15 ; unaffected 6.12.112 ≤ 6.12.* ; unaffected 6.18.54 ≤ 6.18.* ; unaffected 7.2.8 ≤ 7.2.* ; unaffected 7.3 ≤ *

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