CVE-2026-53389 (GCVE-0-2026-53389)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-07-19 12:01 – Updated: 2026-07-20 13:39
VLAI
Title
net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of key in del_async path
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/tcp-ao: fix use-after-free of key in del_async path In tcp_ao_delete_key(), the del_async path skips the current_key and rnext_key validity checks present in the synchronous path, assuming these pointers are always NULL on LISTEN sockets. However, if a key was added with set_current=1/set_rnext=1 while the socket was in CLOSE state, current_key and rnext_key will be non-NULL after listen() transitions the socket to LISTEN. When such a key is deleted with del_async=1, hlist_del_rcu() and call_rcu() free the key without clearing the dangling pointers. After the RCU grace period, getsockopt(TCP_AO_INFO) dereferences current_key->sndid and rnext_key->rcvid from freed slab memory. Clear current_key and rnext_key in the del_async path when they reference the key being deleted.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Linux Linux Affected: d6732b95b6fbbc6d5bb9d2f809e275763640c4a2 , < 6ce7ef41743740ce15c2061561b784148b565b3f (git)
Affected: d6732b95b6fbbc6d5bb9d2f809e275763640c4a2 , < e77fbefd1269b5c123e7c651a1ebdce1b87d19a0 (git)
Affected: d6732b95b6fbbc6d5bb9d2f809e275763640c4a2 , < 7ddc29a094d96e9b3aa280433c6dc443df9eabf2 (git)
Affected: d6732b95b6fbbc6d5bb9d2f809e275763640c4a2 , < 5ba9950bc9078e19b69cca1e56d1553b125c6857 (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 6.7
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.7 (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.95 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18.38 , ≤ 6.18.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.1.3 , ≤ 7.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 7.2-rc1 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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